Three ALSs signed "Mary Lord Harrison," totaling 35 pages on adjoining sheets of black-bordered personal letterhead, 4.5 x 6.75, circa 1901. Harrison writes to "Gen'l Foster," regarding correspondence with various senators, apparently relative to a proposed bill that would grant her a federal pension—"Not to present it would be a slight to the General's memory, and to his service as President." The longest letter totals 23 pages on six sets of adjoining sheets, complaining that the bill has not yet been brought up for a vote: "I cannot think that General Harrison's services would not warrant such a bill being passed, and it has surprised me that Senator Fairbanks seemed to take such little active interest in the measure. I have and do believe that if he worked for the bill, it would pass, or I may have over estimated his influence. I know full well, that every bill needs an aggressive worker, and we know that often Congressmen present and pass bills which have some opposition…I have seen several letters from country people, which have been printed in the Indianapolis Evening News, a paper which has often been unfriendly to General Harrison, protesting against pensions being paid to widows of Presidents." In overall fine condition.
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