TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 21, 1908. Letter to E. E. Clark, the Interstate Commerce Commissioner, in full: “I have your letter of the 20th, with enclosure, concerning Midshipman Connor. I greatly fear nothing can be done in the matter. For an officer to get drunk, and especially to get drunk when the whole fleet was on honor as it was in Australia, means, I fear, that to pardon the offense would be a very grave blow at the discipline of the navy. However, I will carefully look over the papers in the case.” Permanently affixed to a slightly larger cardstock sheet with an image of William H. Taft bearing a facsimile signature affixed to the reverse. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, and two filing holes along top edge. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection; Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet, March 2, 1975; sale 156, lot 549. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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