Scarce ALS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 19, 1911. Letter Miss Marjorie Ide, the daughter of his Minister to Spain. In full: “I thank you for the beautiful blue tie you have made for me. I shall wear it with pride and affection for her whose deft and beautiful fingers made it. (Can your Dons and Hidalgos beat that?) Give my love to your father—Mrs Taft had had a back set [sic, setback] but she is doing well now and we hope she will recover lost ground in a month.” A typed transcript of a September 8, 1917, letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ide’s husband, Irish patriot and cousin of Winston Churchill Shane Leslie, is affixed to the reverse of the second page. In fine condition. This letter is just one of only two known Taft handwritten letters penned on the large format White House stationery. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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