
Lot Closed
October 14, 04:25 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED ("CHESTER A. ARTHUR") AS 21ST PRESIDENT, TO W.B. DINSMORE, OFFERING HIS THANKS
2 pages (5 5/8 x 9 in.; 143 x 229 mm) on a bifolium of Executive Mansion stationery, text in a secretarial hand, Washington, 19 May 1884; split to center fold, portions of verso reinforced with old paper.
A warm letter from the 21st President, thanking W.B. Dinsmore: "...thank you very cordially for your thoughtful attention to my personal comfort. Should I be afflicted with any of the ailments for which your valuable medicine is a specific, your direction as to its use will be faithfully observed..."