TMsS, [1911 December 8] : [The White House, Washington, D.C.].

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TMsS, [1911 December 8] : [The White House, Washington, D.C.].

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One page typed manuscript, signed by Taft, is an extract from his address at the dedication of a statue to Abraham Lincoln at Frankfort, Kentucky, on November 8, 1911. The second page is a TLS, dated December 8, 1911, from Charles D. Hilles, Secretary to the President, to one Mr. J.E. Boos, of Albany, New York.

2 p. ; 23 x 14.5 cm.

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