CIVIL WAR ERA ATTORNEY GENERAL PRESIDENT HAYES SECY STATE SENATOR LETTER SIGNED for Sale

CIVIL WAR ERA ATTORNEY GENERAL PRESIDENT HAYES SECY STATE SENATOR LETTER SIGNED For Sale

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CIVIL WAR ERA ATTORNEY GENERAL PRESIDENT HAYES SECY STATE SENATOR LETTER SIGNED:
$36.77

WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS

(1818 – 1901)

19th CENTURYAMERICAN STATESMAN,

SECRETARY OF STATE UNDERPRESIDENT HAYES,

UNITED STATES ATTORNEYGENERAL UNDER PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON,

U. S. SENATOR FROM NEWYORK

GRANDSON OF DECLARATIONOF INDEPENDENCE SIGNER, ROGER SHERMAN!

Evarts was chief counsel for President Andrew Johnson during the impeachment trial!

Here’s a RARE, HISTORIC PRESIDENTIALCONTENT 1877 Autograph Letter Signed by Evarts, on “Department of State”Letterhead while US Secretary of State, TO

Col. EMMONS CLARK

(1827 – 1905)

CIVIL WAR COLONEL and COMMANDER OF THE7th NEW YORK INFANTRY REGIMENT, N.Y.S.M.

GETTYSBURG and NEW YORK CITY DRAFTRIOTS COLONEL

Evarts writes that “…The President [Hayes] desires me to say thathe will have the pleasure of being present on the occasion of the opening ofthe Seventh Regiment [Armory]…and I am expecting to accompany him. ThePresident desires it to be understood that he comes to New York wholly for thepurpose of taking a ceremonial part…and that under no circumstances will he beable to make any public speech or address…”

The7th Regiment Armory in Manhattan, New York City is on the NationalRegister of Historic Places, and is a work of art

Note toothat Abraham Lincoln was delighted when he mustered into service the firstregiment for the Civil War, The New York Seventh Regiment

This document has neverseen the collector market as it was acquired as part of the estate papers ofCol. Emmons Clark - - Fresh From theColonel’s Desk!

This HISTORICDOCUMENT measures 5” x 8” and is in VERY GOOD CONDITION –PERFECT FORFRAMING WITH A PERIOD CDV PHOTOGRAPH or ENGRAVING OF THE STATESMAN!!

An Excellent Piece ofAmerican Political/Presidential Memorabilia Written to a Noted Civil WarColonel!

Biographical Sketch ofthe Honorable

William Maxwell Evarts

School, family, and early career

William attended Boston Latin School,graduated from Yale College in 1837 and thenattended Harvard Law School.While at Yale he became a member of the LinonianSociety and the secret society Skulland Bones, but later in life spoke out against such societiesat the 1873 Yale commencement alumni meeting, claiming they bred snobbishness.

He was admitted to the bar in NewYork in 1841, and soon took high rank in his profession. Hemarried Helen Minerva Bingham Wardner in 1843. They had 12 children between1845 and 1862, all born in New York City.

Early political career

A Whig Partysupporter before joining the fledgling Republican Party,Evarts was appointed an assistant United States district attorney and servedfrom 1849-1853. In 1860 he was chairman of the New York delegation to the Republican NationalConvention where he placed Senator WilliamH. Seward\'s name in nomination for President. He served on NewYork\'s Union Defense Committee during the Civil War. In 1861 he was anunsuccessful candidate for the United States Senatefrom New York. He was a member of the New York state constitutional conventionin 1867-1868.

Service in the Andrew Johnson administration

He was chief counsel for PresidentAndrew Johnson during the impeachmenttrial. Evarts served as United States AttorneyGeneral for Johnson from July 1868 until March 1869.. Evartswas appointed Attorney General after the Senate declined to re-confirm HenryStanbery to the office, which Stanbery had resigned from inorder to participate in the defense of Johnson in the impeachment trial.

Service in the Grant administration

In 1872 he was counsel for the UnitedStates before the tribunal of arbitrationon the Alabama claims at Geneva, Switzerland.Evarts was also a founding member of the New York City Bar Association,and served as its first president from 1870 to 1879, by far the longest tenureof any president since.

Service in the Hayes administration

Evarts served as counsel for President-elect Rutherford B. Hayes,on behalf of the Republican Party, before the Electoral Commissionin the disputed presidential election of1876. During President Hayes\'s administration he was Secretaryof State. He was a delegate to the International MonetaryConference at Paris 1881.

U.S. Senator

From 1885 to 1891 he was a U.S. Senator from New York. While in Congress (49th,50thand 51stCongresses), he served as chairman of the U.S. SenateCommittee on the Library from 1887 to 1891. He was also asponsor of the Judiciary Act of 1891also known as the Evarts Act, which created the United States courts ofappeals. As an orator Senator Evarts stood in the foremostrank, and some of his best speeches were published.

Chair of the American Committee for the Statue of Liberty

He led the American fund-raising effort for the pedestal for the Statueof Liberty, serving as the chairman of the American Committee.He spoke at its unveiling on October 28, 1886. His speech was entitled\"The United Work of the Two Republics.\" \"Taking a breath in themiddle of his address, he was understood to have completed his speech. Thesignal was given, and Bartholdi, together with Richard Butler and David H. KingJr., whose firm built the pedestal and erected the statue, let the veil fallfrom her face. A \'huge shock of sound\' erupted as a thunderous cacophony ofsalutes from steamer whistles, brass bands, and booming guns, together withclouds of smoke from the cannonade, engulfed the statue for the next half hour.\"

Retirement

Senator Evarts retired from public life due to ill health in 1891. He wasalso part of a law practice in New York City called Evarts, Southmoyd andChoate. He died in New York City and was buried atAscutney Cemetery in Windsor,Vermont.

Evarts owned a large number of properties in Windsor,Vermont including Evarts Pond and a group of historic homesoften referred to as Evarts Estate. The homes included 26 Main St. in Windsor,Vermont. The house was purchased from John Skinner in the 1820s for $5,000 byWilliam M. Evarts and was passed down to his daughter, Elizabeth Hoar EvartsPerkins, who left the house to family members, including her son MaxwellPerkins. The house stayed in the family until 2005. 26 MainStreet in Windsor, Vermont was recently restored and reopened as SnapdragonInn. Snapdragon Inn is open to the public and features a library that displaysand collects items related to the history of William M. Evarts and his extendedfamily.

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