Rare Books
Image not available
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Image not available
Manuscripts
Is sending twenty copies of the brief on the Sayward case as requested; requests copies of petition, suggestion, and briefs. Postscript and initials in hand of Taft. The Sayward case involved the seizing of a British ship in the Bering Sea in 1887 for hunting fur seals, a violation of an Act of Congress.
mssHM 23510
Image not available
Manuscripts
Taft apologizes that he cannot write an article for the Independent about the Philippines.
mssHM 4676
Image not available
Manuscripts
Thanks Horton for remembering him and for his kind words of congratulations.
mssHM 39427
Image not available
Manuscripts
Taft writes to the managing editor of The Independent magazine that he would like to assist Holt but is not able to do anything until August, asks him to write again later in the month. Taft states that "The Independent has been very good to me and has supported me, especially with respect to the colored disaffection, and I am anxious to respond if I can, but you know human energy has its limitations."
mssHM 23528
Image not available
Manuscripts
Thanking him for his kind words of congratulation, his aid and sympathy. Includes addressed envelope.
mssHM 13404
Image not available
Manuscripts
Thanking him for the clippings and copies of his articles. Includes addressed envelope.
mssHM 13402