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“Big Bill” Taft, Happily Golfing, Relates His Post-Presidential Loss of Eighty Pounds
April 10, 1914
Autograph Letter Signed
2 pages
SMC 1286
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Taft, Running for President Against Theodore Roosevelt, Calls Him a "General Menace" To the Country
October 31, 1912
Typed Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1290
Taft says he wouldn't mind losing the election against Roosevelt, if only to have thwarted Roosevelt from gaining a third term in the White House. He calls Roosevelt "a genuine menace to the welfare of our country."
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William Howard Taft Confesses He's "Struggling to Get into a New Trade… Fading Away into Obscurity"
April 6, 1913
Typed Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1291
A deflated Taft, who had recently finished third in the elections as a sitting President, appreciates the invitation to a specific event, but regretfully must decline this, and all others, at the moment, until he settles into his new role as a university lecturer. He especially regrets it, as he fears that these invitations will cease as he fades "away into obscurity."
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President-Elect Howard Taft Qualifies the Thought of a Four Year Term: "If I Live"
November 30, 1908
Typed Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1292
President-Elect William H. Taft informs an acquaintance that since he is about to assume the presidency, he must remain in the United States for at least four years, if he lives.
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Autograph Letter Signed
2 pages
SMC 1298
After being betrayed by his mentor, Theodore Roosevelt, who tried to secure the Republican nomination for himself, Taft, having recently won the nomination, lets schadenfreude wash over him as Roosevelt is defeated.
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Autograph Letter Signed
2 pages
SMC 1615
Replying to Mrs. Cleveland's letter thanking him for his stirring eulogies of her husband, President William Howard Taft reiterates his genuine respect for President Grover Cleveland as a man of courage and public duty.
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Former President William Howard Taft Rejoices in Averting Another Run: "I Have Served My Time"
November 19, 1919
Autograph Letter Signed
3 pages
SMC 134
William Howard Taft is relieved to finally be a private citizen and does not seek to be reelected to the office of the presidency.
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Secretary of War William H. Taft Reports That San Francisco is Almost Destroyed in the Earthquake
April 18, 1906
Typed Letter Signed
3 pages
SMC 261
Secretary of War Taft writes this missive primarily about the administration of the Philippines, and expresses concern for Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of the Philippines, James Francis Smith, whom he knew to be in San Francisco during the earthquake. The scale of the damage was as yet unclear, and Taft reports that the city was almost destroyed, and since telegraph wires are down, "we are in the dark."
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Rare William Howard Taft Autograph Letter as President: He's Happy to Meet After His Daily (Golf) Game
December 3, 1911
Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 262
With this rare autograph letter as President, Taft announces he will play golf with his beloved military aide, Archie Butt, in the morning, and will be glad to meet with his correspondent, just after lunch.
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Major Archibald Butt, Military Aide to Roosevelt and Taft, Writes the Day Before Boarding the Titanic
April 9, 1912
Autograph Letter Signed
2 pages
SMC 305
Archibald Butt enquires about a refund for train travel, instructing the refund be sent care of the White House. Butt, in Europe to restore his health, would board the Titanic home to the United States the next day. He was last seen standing on the sinking deck with John Jacob Astor.
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President Taft's Eulogy for his Aide, Archibald Butt, Who Went Down with the Titanic Just Days Before
April 19, 1912
Typed Manuscript Signed
1 page
SMC 366
President Taft mourns his aide and friend Archibald Butt, who went down on the Titanic. Butt was a gentleman and a soldier, and, Taft is certain, would have gallantly gone down with the ship, after seeing to the rescue of others. Butt was last seen standing on the sinking deck with John Jacob Astor.
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Typed Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1030
Chief Justice Taft looks forward to reading Emmanuel Hertz’s Lincoln addresses, noting that "The fame of Lincoln has spread to every land, and details in respect to his personality will certainly prove to be of interest and usefulness."
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Chief Justice William Howard Taft Comments on an Abraham Lincoln Address by Emanuel Hertz
March 26, 1926
Typed Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1031
William Howard Taft, the only man to be both President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court here comments, obliquely, on an address about Lincoln, in which Emanuel Hertz has "noted a reference to a suggestion of mine."
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