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Auction archive: Lot number 384

H.C. Hollister, Letters From W.H. Taft and Others

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$720
Auction archive: Lot number 384

H.C. Hollister, Letters From W.H. Taft and Others

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$720
Beschreibung:

10 x 16 in. ledger, with indexed front. Marbled paper with ¾ cloth binding. Notebook contains over 250 letters, telegrams, postcards, and calling/business cards, most to Howard C. Hollister, appointed by President William H. Taft to the district court of the United States for the southern district of Ohio. He was nominated in Feb. 1910 and sworn in the following month. The first couple hundred letters are congratulations on Hollister’s appointment, and include messages from every lawyer in the city and more. There are letters from “Empire Building, N.Y.,” the B & O Railroad Law Department, the Pennsylvania RR Law Department, Harvard Law School, Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co., plus lawyers in Helena, Montana, Knoxville, TN, and more. It also includes Theodore Burton of the U.S. Senate, Henry Butler of the Navy, the Village of Glendale, Ohio, and the IRS, 1st District of Ohio. There is a cross-section of Cincinnati businesses represented, including the Chamber of Commerce, D.B. Gamble, several insurance companies, pork and beef packers, oil companies, banks, stationers, a cutlery company, lumber wholesalers, a seller of “bolts, nuts, rivets and wrenches” and a maker of fishing tackle who also reminded the Judge not to neglect his recreation! There are wishes from churches, the Associated Charities of Cincinnati, the Lloyd Library and the President of the University of Cincinnati. Many names in Cincinnati history also appear, for whom many of her streets are named: Gatch, Probasco, Eggleston, (in addition to Taft and Hollister himself), as well as a writer of Cincinnati history, Charles Greve. About three-quarters of the way into the book is the announcement of a Bar Association reception in Hollister’s honor to mark the occasion, with another 50 or so telegrams and postcards with acceptance or regret messages. There are only a couple of later letters, and a few loose items, especially a fishing story written (typed) by Hollister and read by Herbert Jenney at the Literary Club of Cincinnati (of which Hollister was a member). There is also a lengthy letter addressed to “Stanley” telling of a party at which a very large stuffed trout was unveiled, and at which Mrs. Hollister read a poem she wrote, “The Speckled Trout,” also included in the book. Surely this series of events is related to a big fishy story! The lot also includes four letters from Judge Hollister’s friend, William Howard Taft, all typed and signed. The first TLS is dated 14 March 1908 and is on War Department letterhead, signed Bill. Taft was Secretary of War from early 1904 until summer of 1908 (when the real business of campaigning certainly began). At the bottom is a handwritten note: Things are moving on – But of course it is a good deal of a persons strain – Lies and truth about one are sure to be hunted up to ones discredit – It is not pleasant. Roosevelt started putting Taft’s name “out there” as his successor as early as 1907 for the 1908 election. Taft told TR that he would prefer a Supreme Court appointment, but Mrs. Taft also appeared to prefer the idea of living in the White House. Apparently, even before the convention, Taft was anticipating the election “mudslinging” and not looking forward to it. He was always more comfortable with the “rule of law,” and not the politician his predecessor was. The next three letters are on White House stationery, all signed Wm H. Taft. The first is dated 28 Feb. 1910 and addressed to Alice Hollister, the Judge’s wife. As I have written Hol, one of the three or four personal gratifications I have had in being President was to appoint him to the Federal bench. With his sense of duty, his power of application, his judicial experience and his ability, he will vindicate the appointment without any difficulty…. I have no doubt about the confirmation. The other two are short notes. One dated 9 April 1910 informs “Hol” that he will be in town (Cincinnati) such a short time that he will not be able to schedule a lunch

Auction archive: Lot number 384
Auction:
Datum:
6 Dec 2012
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

10 x 16 in. ledger, with indexed front. Marbled paper with ¾ cloth binding. Notebook contains over 250 letters, telegrams, postcards, and calling/business cards, most to Howard C. Hollister, appointed by President William H. Taft to the district court of the United States for the southern district of Ohio. He was nominated in Feb. 1910 and sworn in the following month. The first couple hundred letters are congratulations on Hollister’s appointment, and include messages from every lawyer in the city and more. There are letters from “Empire Building, N.Y.,” the B & O Railroad Law Department, the Pennsylvania RR Law Department, Harvard Law School, Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co., plus lawyers in Helena, Montana, Knoxville, TN, and more. It also includes Theodore Burton of the U.S. Senate, Henry Butler of the Navy, the Village of Glendale, Ohio, and the IRS, 1st District of Ohio. There is a cross-section of Cincinnati businesses represented, including the Chamber of Commerce, D.B. Gamble, several insurance companies, pork and beef packers, oil companies, banks, stationers, a cutlery company, lumber wholesalers, a seller of “bolts, nuts, rivets and wrenches” and a maker of fishing tackle who also reminded the Judge not to neglect his recreation! There are wishes from churches, the Associated Charities of Cincinnati, the Lloyd Library and the President of the University of Cincinnati. Many names in Cincinnati history also appear, for whom many of her streets are named: Gatch, Probasco, Eggleston, (in addition to Taft and Hollister himself), as well as a writer of Cincinnati history, Charles Greve. About three-quarters of the way into the book is the announcement of a Bar Association reception in Hollister’s honor to mark the occasion, with another 50 or so telegrams and postcards with acceptance or regret messages. There are only a couple of later letters, and a few loose items, especially a fishing story written (typed) by Hollister and read by Herbert Jenney at the Literary Club of Cincinnati (of which Hollister was a member). There is also a lengthy letter addressed to “Stanley” telling of a party at which a very large stuffed trout was unveiled, and at which Mrs. Hollister read a poem she wrote, “The Speckled Trout,” also included in the book. Surely this series of events is related to a big fishy story! The lot also includes four letters from Judge Hollister’s friend, William Howard Taft, all typed and signed. The first TLS is dated 14 March 1908 and is on War Department letterhead, signed Bill. Taft was Secretary of War from early 1904 until summer of 1908 (when the real business of campaigning certainly began). At the bottom is a handwritten note: Things are moving on – But of course it is a good deal of a persons strain – Lies and truth about one are sure to be hunted up to ones discredit – It is not pleasant. Roosevelt started putting Taft’s name “out there” as his successor as early as 1907 for the 1908 election. Taft told TR that he would prefer a Supreme Court appointment, but Mrs. Taft also appeared to prefer the idea of living in the White House. Apparently, even before the convention, Taft was anticipating the election “mudslinging” and not looking forward to it. He was always more comfortable with the “rule of law,” and not the politician his predecessor was. The next three letters are on White House stationery, all signed Wm H. Taft. The first is dated 28 Feb. 1910 and addressed to Alice Hollister, the Judge’s wife. As I have written Hol, one of the three or four personal gratifications I have had in being President was to appoint him to the Federal bench. With his sense of duty, his power of application, his judicial experience and his ability, he will vindicate the appointment without any difficulty…. I have no doubt about the confirmation. The other two are short notes. One dated 9 April 1910 informs “Hol” that he will be in town (Cincinnati) such a short time that he will not be able to schedule a lunch

Auction archive: Lot number 384
Auction:
Datum:
6 Dec 2012
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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