Sold – President Rutherford B. Hayes Introduces Author Edward Everett Hale to Author (and New Mexico Territory Governor) Lew Wallace
"I take pleasure in introducing to you Rev. E.E. Hale of Boston"
Edward Everett Hale was a renowned author and minister whose stories appeared in many of the best publications of the era. "The Man Without a Country," published in the Atlantic in 1863, is his best known work; it was...
"I take pleasure in introducing to you Rev. E.E. Hale of Boston"
Edward Everett Hale was a renowned author and minister whose stories appeared in many of the best publications of the era. "The Man Without a Country," published in the Atlantic in 1863, is his best known work; it was written to rally support for the Union cause during the Civil War. Hale was well-acquainted with, and highly thought of by, many literary figures of the day, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. He was the nephew of Edward Everett, the orator and statesman, and the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale. His wife was the niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
Lew Wallace was a Union general in the Civil War, afterwards pursuing careers in politics and as an author. During the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes, he served as Governor of the New Mexico Territory. Of his published works, he is best known for his historical novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ,” a bestselling book at the time, which has been adapted four times for films.
Autograph Letter Signed as President, on Executive Mansion letterhead, Washington, June 11, 1879, to Wallace, introducing him to Hale. “I take pleasure in introducing to you Rev. E.E. Hale of Boston. He visits your Territory soon, and I trust you will be pleased to make the acquaintance of so worthy and excellent a gentleman.” The envelope addressed by Hayes is still present.
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