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- GLC#
- GLC00118.06
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 27, 1910
- Author/Creator
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
- Title
- to James A. Tawney
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- The Politics of Reform
The letter discusses concerns about public estimates for a district jail and mentions previous letter received from Tawney who lodged a complaint. Writes "[w]e have no right to cut down our estimates and later increase them; and in so far as we have done this I would like to know, because I wish to make a public statement of it." Typed on White House stationery in blue ink with header The White House Washington. Stationery watermarked as Whiting's Woven Linen. One bust engraving of Taft included.
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