TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Commonwealth of Massachusetts letterhead, March 30, 1920. Letter to Timothy W. Kelly, in part: "It gives me great pleasure to hand you herewith a quill with which I have today signed an Act 'Relative to the civil service standing of persons who enter the military or naval service of the United States in time of war.'" Includes the 8.5″ long quill bill signing pen. In very good condition, with paper loss to the top edge, and overall wrinkling from water-staining (and associated blurring to the text; oddly the signature is completely unaffected). From the collection of Stephen Adamson.
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