CHASE, Salmon P. (1808-1873). Autograph letter signed ("S.P. Chase"), as Governor of Ohio, to Hon. R.P. Ranney, Columbus, Ohio, 17 November 1856. 1 page, 8vo, on State of Ohio, Executive Department, Columbus stationery, remnants from hinging on verso. Chase, then Governor of Ohio, responds to a letter of resignation from eminent Cleveland jurist, R.P. Ranney. -- FRANKFURTER, Felix (1882-1965). Autograph letter signed ("Felix Frankfurter"), to Harry, Cambridge, n.d. 1 page, 8vo, on 22 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster stationery, central fold, some light offsetting. Frankfurter was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1939-1962. In 1920, he helped found the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). -- TAFT, William Howard (1857-1930). Autograph letter signed ("Wm. H.T."), as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to Lily. Washington, D.C., 12 October 1928. 1 page, 8vo, bifolium, on Supreme Court stationery, very faint pencil marks lower margin, creased. Taft, who twice turned down Theodore Roosevelt's offer of an appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was appointed Chief Justice by Warren G. Harding in 1921.

 

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