Chauncey Depew Letters

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DEPEW, Chauncey (1834-1928) Member of New York state assembly, 1862-63; secretary of state of New York, 1864-65; defeated (Liberal Republican), 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1924; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888; U.S. Senator from New York, 1899-1911.Autograph Letter Signed, “Chauncey M. Depew” 1p. octavo, on mourning stationary, April 28, 1881, accepting an invitation to the 113th Anniversary Banquet of the Chamber of Commerce. VG....plus; Autograph Letter Signed, “Chauncey M. Depew” 1p. octavo, April 27, 1915, addressed to Delancy Nicoll, it reads “I have seldom seen an announcement which affected me more than the sudden death of your daughter…” About VG....plus; Autograph Letter Signed, “Chauncey M. Depew” 1p. quarto, April 23, 1877, New York, on New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Co. Grand Central Depot lettersheet, accepting an invitation to the “Annual Banquet of the Chamber of Commerce.” Fine....plus; Manuscript Letter Signed, “Chauncey M. Depew” 1p. quarto, March 9, 1894, New York, on New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Co. Grand Central Depot, addressed to Charles Smith, and reads in part: “…The Commercial Club of Chicago, which you know, has recently taken action upon the Interstate Commerce Law. This act very greatly needs amendment as it is now practically inoperative. It both promotes and protects that sort of discrimination which is ruinous to honest shippers and is against the interest of localities…” Includes draft of the ‘action’ the Commercial Club is taking and suggests the Chamber of Commerce should do the same. Fine....plus; Typed Letter Signed, “Chauncey M. Depew” 1p. quarto, November 4, 1927, on The New York Central Railroad Company lettersheet, addressed to Jere Tamblyn of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, declining an invitation to the Annual Banquet. VG....plus; WAGNER, Robert (1877-1953) Member of New York state assembly, 1905-08; member of New York state senate 16th District, 1909-18; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1928 (alternate), 1936, 1940, 1944; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1913-14; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1919-26; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1924-26; U.S. Senator from New York, 1927-49; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1938. Introduced Social Security Act, National Labor Relations Act, Railway Pension Law, and other social and economic legislation in the U.S. Senate.Typed Letter Signed, “Robert F. Wagner” 1p. quarto, November 6, 1929, on his U.S. Senate stationary, addressed to John Lieb, of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, pertaining to a dinner invitation, it reads in part: “…It would give me a great deal of pleasure to be with you on that occasion were it at all possible for me to do so. So many tariff matters of vital importance to my State are daily being considered in the Senate that I have been compelled to decline all invitations necessitating my leaving the city until this particular piece of legislation has been disposed of…” Fine....plus; WOODHULL, Caleb Smith (1792-1866) Mayor of New York, N.Y., 1849-51. Manuscript Letter Signed, “C.S. Woodhull Mayor” 3p. quarto, Mayors Office, June 28, 1849, addressed to the Chamber of Commerce, this being the retained copy reads in part: “…By the 9th section of the recently amended charter the executive power of the corporation is vested in the Mayor, the heads of departments, and other executive officers and neither the common council nor any committee or member thereof can perform any executive business whatever…” Much more. VG.

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