ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, October 9, 1873. Letter to an unidentified gentleman. In part: “I should be glad to unite with the bar of the Sup. Ct. in tribute to the late Chief Justice, but my engagements will keep me elsewhere, even if I did not feel that my relations to the bar are so slender scarcely to give me a foothold. Honoring the memory of the late Chief Justice I have the sincere satisfaction in knowing that you have undertaken the preliminaries that will make the manifestation of the bar worthy for the occasion.” In very good condition, with uniform toning to first page, wrinkling to both pages, and second page affixed to an identical size sheet. Accompanied by a carte-de-visite of Sumner, identified on the front in ink in an unknown hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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