Harrison, Benjamin | Senator Harrison recommending Col. William Holloway to President Garfield, and asking that he be given official recognition

Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang

Harrison, Benjamin 

Autograph letter signed ("Benj Harrison") as Senator to President James Garfield, regarding Col. William Holloway

1 page (184 x 238 mm) on ruled United States Senate Chamber stationery, Washington, 21 April 1881, docketed "Senator Harrison" on verso; folds reinforced, inlaid.  

As a Senator of Indiana, Harrison writes to President Garfield on behalf of Col. William Holloway: "He is a man of great intelligence, of undoubted probity of character, and of great industry..." Harrison then asks that Holloway be given some sort of formal recognition for his exemplary service.

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Park Bernet, 2-4 April 1941, lot 339