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Auction archive: Lot number 50

HARDING, WARREN G., President. Autograph letter signed ("W.G. Harding") as owner and editor of The Morning Star, to "My Dear Widenthall," regarding a libelous story in the press, and a wager. Marion, Ohio, 19 October 1903. 3 pages, 4to, on The Marion...

Auction 12.06.1996
12 Jun 1996
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,035
Auction archive: Lot number 50

HARDING, WARREN G., President. Autograph letter signed ("W.G. Harding") as owner and editor of The Morning Star, to "My Dear Widenthall," regarding a libelous story in the press, and a wager. Marion, Ohio, 19 October 1903. 3 pages, 4to, on The Marion...

Auction 12.06.1996
12 Jun 1996
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,035
Beschreibung:

HARDING, WARREN G., President. Autograph letter signed ("W.G. Harding") as owner and editor of The Morning Star, to "My Dear Widenthall," regarding a libelous story in the press, and a wager. Marion, Ohio, 19 October 1903. 3 pages, 4to, on The Marion Star engraved stationery. "HARDING HATES HIAWATHA!" "... I am enclosing 10 cents... please inveigle Dover in a 'matching' game. He will yield if you are persistant. Send me the 10 cents back and $3.30 of your winnings, and keep the other $9.70 which you win. I merely suggest this to kill you with kindness. But the next time I deal high card with your insipious gang... your punishment will come. 'Harding Hates Hiawatha!' Was ever libel so marked? Was ever a campaign lie awoked in such innocent garb?..." [With:] HARDING, WARREN G. Typed letter signed ("Warren G Harding") as President, to Mr. George C. Dyer, in response to a letter sent to Senator George W. Norris, and copied to the President. Washington, D.C., 15 January 1923. One page, small 4to, on White House engraved stationery. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 50
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jun 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

HARDING, WARREN G., President. Autograph letter signed ("W.G. Harding") as owner and editor of The Morning Star, to "My Dear Widenthall," regarding a libelous story in the press, and a wager. Marion, Ohio, 19 October 1903. 3 pages, 4to, on The Marion Star engraved stationery. "HARDING HATES HIAWATHA!" "... I am enclosing 10 cents... please inveigle Dover in a 'matching' game. He will yield if you are persistant. Send me the 10 cents back and $3.30 of your winnings, and keep the other $9.70 which you win. I merely suggest this to kill you with kindness. But the next time I deal high card with your insipious gang... your punishment will come. 'Harding Hates Hiawatha!' Was ever libel so marked? Was ever a campaign lie awoked in such innocent garb?..." [With:] HARDING, WARREN G. Typed letter signed ("Warren G Harding") as President, to Mr. George C. Dyer, in response to a letter sent to Senator George W. Norris, and copied to the President. Washington, D.C., 15 January 1923. One page, small 4to, on White House engraved stationery. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 50
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jun 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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