Signature and Inscription
by ELKINS, Stephen B. (1841-1911)
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- Signed
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- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
This successful Ohio-born industrialist, investor and businessman practiced law and entered politics in New Mexico, serving in Congress (1873-77); he served in the Union Army during the Civil War (father and brother joined the Confederacy) and was filled with disgust over the carnage and cruelty he witnessed, so when Benjamin Harrison appointed him Secretary of War in 1891 no one felt the irony more than he, but he served until 1893; later he served West Virginia as U.S. Senator (1895-1911). Big, bold "With regards of / S.B. Elkins / Nov 10./85" on a 5 3/4" X 2" heavy stock buff slip, n.p. Very good. Bit of irregular inoffensive offsetting from long-ago acidic contact. (Judging from the paper stock, almost certainly the top portion of a pamphlet, likely of a speech Elkins gave such as the 1885 "The Industrial Question in the United States," an address he gave before the Alumni Association of the University of the State of Missouri, June 3, 1885 published in 36 pages by Styles & Cash in New York.) A nice example.
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- Seller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 42436
- Title
- Signature and Inscription
- Author
- ELKINS, Stephen B. (1841-1911)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.
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