U.S. SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE HOWARD TAFT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. Sixteen-line letter to Mrs. Edward Schwartz, June 3, 1927. On Supreme Court stationery with envelope.
Letter reads: June 3, 1927 My dear Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz,
I write to congratulate you on your great and deserved success in the flower competition. I hope I am right and I am proud to think that among the many specimens you exhibited and which won your prizes was a Peony which bore my name. It must be a great satisfaction after such care and effort and constant labor to secure such magnificent results and to have them recognized. With best wishes.
Sincerely yours, William Howard Taft - Letter, as matted and framed, 7 3/4 in. x 5 in. Estimate $800-1,200
NOTE: Mrs. Edward Schwartz, owned Schwartz Peony Garden on Summit Avenue in Gaithersburg which later moved to Seneca Creek State Park. Mrs. Schwartz named a variety of peony "The President Taft"
PROVENANCE: By family descent to grandson of Mrs. Schwartz
