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William Taft signed letter 1913 re Treaty just after end of Presidency:
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LETTER SIGNED BYWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT SHORTLY AFTER THE END OF HIS PRESIDENCY

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857-1930). Taftserved as President of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the ChiefJustice of the United States from 1921 to 1930.

TLS. 1 pg. 8” x 10”. April 29. 1913. NewHaven. Conn. A typed letter signed “Wm H Taft” to “Hon. LewisNixon”: “I thank you for sending me your brochure on the subject of themeaning of the Treaty. I shall read it with a great deal of pleasure. I shallbe glad also to read Mr. Olney’s paper. If you have a copy, could you send itto me?” This letter was written just six weeks after the end of thepresidency of William Howard Taft. Taftwas defeated in the 1912 presidential election thanks to a split with hisformer mentor and friend, former President Theodore Roosevelt. After hispresidency, Taft became Kent Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale LawSchool, reflected in the stationery used for this letter. The treaty mentionedin the letter is almost definitely the “Arbitration of pecuniary claims(inter-American) (1910),” which Lewis Nixon signed as a representative of thegovernment of the United States sent by Taft during his presidency. Nixon(1861-1940) was a well-respected naval architect, building executive, andDemocratic political activist. This treaty agreed to arbitration when it cameto economic claims between the 20 nations, all within the Western Hemisphere.The letter also references Richard Olney (1835-1917), who served as Secretaryof State and Attorney General under President Grover Cleveland. Olney extendedinterpretation of the Monroe Doctrine to give America a greater role in LatinAmerican affairs, with this treaty a good example of such a policy. Taftremained at Yale until his lifelong ambition to be Chief Justice of the UnitedStates Supreme Court was finally fulfilled in 1921. The letter is in very goodcondition with toning and wrinkling, and includes some biographical informationon Taft written at the bottom in another hand, most likely that of a previousowner.

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