TLS signed “W. McKinley,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, November 6, 1896. Letter to Albert Halstead of the Springfield Union, in full: "Mr. Boyle has conveyed to me your congratulations. Please accept my thanks and best wishes." He adds a handwritten postscript: "I congratulate you upon what I am assured is soon to come—your marriage—may you & the young lady have all good things." In fine condition. McKinley had won the 1896 presidential election just days earlier on November 3rd, defeating Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan.
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