Former U.S. President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) typed and signed this brief, friendly letter to Miss Sarah B. Tibbits of Troy, NY on February 18, 1915, while he was working as a Yale Law professor. The letter reads: “I enclose herewith a copy of the engineer’s report on the Pointe-au-Pic water situation, together with a copy of a letter from Mr. Ely on the subject. I have sent a similar copy to Mr. Cannon for presentation to the Council. When you have read the report, will yo...u be good enough to return it to me?” According to a September 4, 1926 New Yorker “Talk of the Town” article, Taft spent his summers in Murray Bay, Quebec, which is very close to the village of Pointe-au-Pic, where he was regarded as “an unofficial mayor of the town”. Both Taft and Sarah Tibbits belonged to the Pointe-au-Pic Association and were concerned about the water supply.Taft began his career as a lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio and was appointed a judge while still in his twenties. His meteoric rise continued when he was named Solicitor General of the United States (1890-1892) and then a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (1892-1900). He went on to serve as Governor-General of the Philippines, Provisional Governor of Cuba, and Secretary of War under Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt supported Taft to succeed him as the 27th President of the United States, though after only one term, their relationship soured and Roosevelt ran against him in the 1912 campaign, ultimately splitting the vote and helping Woodrow Wilson secure a victory. Taft was appointed Chief Justice of the United States by President Warren G. Harding in 1921, becoming the first and only person to have held both the office of President and Chief Justice.Signed on a 91/4” x 7 1/8” sheet of Taft’s personal “William H. Taft New Haven, Conn” imprinted stationery. Condition: Mailing fold line, light soil on verso, otherwise very good condition with a large, bold signature.Shipping Notes: We ship same day via USPS upon receipt of payment before 3 PM. Payments received Monday-Friday (after 3 PM) will be shipped the next morning. Payments received after 3 PM on Fridays and on Saturdays & Sundays will be shipped no later than the following Monday morning.A note about packing: Check our feedback. We take pride in our excellent packing. We double-box all fragile items to insure their safe journey through the postal system. This sometimes means it costs a little more to ship your item, but you can rest assured that it will arrive in one piece.International Buyers Please Note: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up; do not confuse them for additional shipping charges. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as "gifts" - US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior.