HUGHES SR., Charles Evans (1862-1948)
Price: $135.00
Description:American statesman, politician, academic and jurist. He served as the 11th chief justice of the United States (1930-41). Member of the Republican Party. Hughes was the 36th governor of New York (1907-10), an associate justice of the Supreme Court (1910-16) and 44th U.S. Secretary of State (1921-25). As the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, he narrowly lost to Woodrow Wilson.
TLS – Typewritten Letter Signed, one page on Secretary of State letterhead. Dated 29 December 1923. Addressed to Augusto Mendes Leal, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Portugal, Wash, DC. Note acknowledging greetings and reciprocating best wishes for the new year. Very good.
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