Sold – Jennings Bryan Wants a Letter of Jefferson Available to the Public
In 1896, 1900 and 1909, Bryan was the Democratic Party’s candidate for president, only to lose all three times. Just after his final loss, autograph dealer Anton Heitmuller offered him a letter of Thomas Jefferson, eliciting this reply.
Typed Letter Signed on his The Commoner letterhead, Lincoln, Neb., May 29, 1909,...
In 1896, 1900 and 1909, Bryan was the Democratic Party’s candidate for president, only to lose all three times. Just after his final loss, autograph dealer Anton Heitmuller offered him a letter of Thomas Jefferson, eliciting this reply.
Typed Letter Signed on his The Commoner letterhead, Lincoln, Neb., May 29, 1909, to Heitmuller. “I thank you for your offer in regards to the Jefferson manuscript, but I think it is better than anything like that should be in the Smithsonian Institute, or someplace where a large number of persons can have the benefit of it. Possibly the library at Washington would be interested in purchasing it. At any rate, I think that a library of some kind is the place for it.”
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