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572 Taft, William Howard Twenty-seventh President of the United States (1857-1930, served 1909-13);
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (from 1921), the only ex-president to hold that position. Fine partly
engraved Document Signed “Wm H Taft” as President, 1 page, folio, Washington, May 24, 1911.
Also signed by Acting Secretary of War “Robert Shaw Oliver”. They appoint Robert B. Hewitt a First
Lieutenant of Infantry effective the 11th day of March. With blue War Department seal and secretary’s
docket at upper left. Seal has some missing pieces and damage. Yellow vellum age-toning at top, nibbling
and pieces out at right and upper left, however, does not impede the signature or the vignette illustration
at bottom. VG-Fine. (photo) Est. 200-400
573 [Roosevelt, Theodore] Partly printed legal document of the Election of Candidate from the Progressive
Roosevelt Party during the Primary Election, Ca. 1913. A certification by John F. Crosby, County
Clerk of Hudson County, New Jersey that “Conrad J. Dankoskey” was duly elected as the candidate to
be voted for in the 1913 General Election. 1 page, legal folio, dated September 27, 1913 [original
printed date of October 1911 has been crossed out], red embosed seal at lower right. Yellowing of paper,
minor upper left corner fold, splits at right and left edge, otherwise Fine. An interesting glimpse at the
Primary process at the turn of the 20th century. Est. 75-125
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