GROVER CLEVELAND | A lengthy letter from the President to Lemuel Clarke Davis, editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger

GROVER CLEVELAND 

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GROVER CLEVELAND") AS 24TH PRESIDENT, TO LEMUEL CLARKE DAVIS

4 pages (4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.; 124 x 200 mm) on a bifolium of Executive Mansion stationery, Washington, 25 February 1894; old folds, one or two stray spots. 

A lengthy letter from the President to Lemuel Clarke Davis, editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger

Davis was a personal friend as well as a political supporter, and Cleveland's letter reflect both sides of their relationship. "My dear friend," Cleveland begins. "I was a good deal touched when I read your Harpers Correspondence which I herewith return..." 

Davis worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer before becoming an editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and he also contributed to Harper's.