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Lot #236:

William Taft Letter Signed -- ''...I am in receipt of a note from the Ladies' Home Journal...enclosing check for $1,000 for my article on 'Is Prohibition a Blow at Personal Liberty'...''

William Howard Taft on William H. Taft stationery, with Washington, D.C. on letterhead, dated 9 March 1919 to Ladies Home Journal Editor Edward Bok, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Letter reads: ''My dear Mr. Bok: ...I thank you for this very generous compensation. I had great pleasure in writing the article. With best wishes, Sincerely yours, Wm H Taft''. 1pp. on card style stationery measures 7'' x 9.25'' and is in very good condition.