I HAVE TO DECLINE BECAUSE OF MY BEING ON THE BENCH WIL

Sale 2492 - Lot 261

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"I HAVE TO DECLINE . . . BECAUSE OF . . . MY BEING ON THE BENCH" WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. Typed Letter Signed, "WmHTaft," as Chief Justice, to Einar Hilsen, declining the title of Honorary President of the Thomas Jefferson Society and, in a postscript, returning a document [not present]. 1/2 page, 4to, "Supreme Court of the United States" stationery; folds. Washington, 24 May 1926

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". . . I have had to decline a great many requests of a similar kind, because of the embarrassments that may arise from my being on the Bench."