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Abram S. Hewitt Collection of 12 Letters Written to Him Circa 1884-1901
Abram S. Hewitt Collection of 12 Letters Written to Him Circa 1884-1901
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Abram S. Hewitt Collection of 12 Letters Written to Him Circa 1884-1901

[HEWITT, ABRAM].  Lot of one dozen letters written to Hewitt as Congressman and Mayor of New York City.

Comprised of:

1) POTTER, HENRY. Autograph Letter Signed, “H. C. Potter”, 2 pp. of a bifolium, n.d., New York, 4.5” x 7”. Expected mailing fold, very minor toning at edge, else Fine.

2) POTTER, HENRY. Autograph Letter Signed, “H. C. Potter”, 2 pp. of a bifolium, “Oct. 27th”, New York, 5” x 8”. Expected mailing fold, toning, scattered ink spots, else near Fine.

3) POTTER, HENRY. Autograph Letter Signed, “H. C. Potter”, 1 p. of a bifolium, October 6, 1888, New York, 4.5” x 7”. Docket of receipt on verso, mailing folds, else Fine.

4) POTTER, HENRY. Autograph Letter Signed, “Henry C. Potter”, 1 p. of a bifolium, February 8, 1897, New York, 5” x 8”. Toning, else Fine.

5) POTTER, HENRY. Autograph Letter Signed, “Henry C. Potter”, 2 pp. of a bifolium, on black bordered Diocesan House stationery, December 3, 1901, New York, 5” x 8”. Expected mailing fold, else Fine.

6) POTTER, HENRY. Typed Letter Signed, “H. C. Potter”, 1 p. of a bifolium, on black bordered Diocesan House letterhead, May 7, 1897, New York, 5” x 8”. Expected mailing fold, scattered soiling, else near Fine.

7) POTTER, HENRY. Typed Letter Signed, “H. C. Potter”, 1 p. of a bifolium, on black bordered Washington Square, North stationery, December 6, 1901, New York, 5” x 8”. Expected mailing fold, creasing, scattered soiling, else near Fine.

8) POTTER, HOWARD. Autograph Letter Signed, “Howard Potter”, front and verso of a 4.5” x 3” notecard, on Founders Court, E. C. letterhead, March 15, 1884, London. Fine.

9) SCHURZ, CARL. Autograph Letter Signed, “C. Schurz”, 1 p. front and verso, April 10, 1886, New York, 4.75” x 6”, to A. S. Hewitt regarding missing mail. Expected mailing fold, very minor toning, else Fine. 

10) PINCHOT, GIFFORD. Autograph Letter Signed, “Gifford Pinchot”, 2 pp., April 29, 1897, New York, 4.5" x 7”, to A. S. Hewitt. Paper burn at second page below the “ford” in Pinchot’s signature, also affecting verso of first page, not affecting legibility of either. Very minor wrinkle at top left, scattered light soiling, else near Fine. 

11) COMSTOCK, ANNA BOSTFORD.  Lengthy Autograph Letter Signed, "Anna Botsford Comstock", 7 pp. March 19, 1896, New York, 5" x 8".  Horizontal mailing fold, minor soiling to verso of final page, else Fine. 

Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822–1903) was an American teacher, lawyer, an iron manufacturer, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1876 to 1877, U.S. Congressman, and a mayor of New York City. He was the son-in-law of Peter Cooper (1791–1883), an industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist. He is best known for his work with the Cooper Union, which he aided Peter Cooper in founding in 1859, and for planning the financing and construction of the first subway line of the New York City Subway, for which he is considered the "Father of the New York City Subway System".

Henry Codman Potter (1835–1908) was an American Episcopal bishop. Born in Schenectady, New York, he was the son of Bishop Alonzo Potter. He was ordained a priest in 1858 and served in churches in Troy, New York, and Boston before he became rector of Grace Church in New York City in 1868. In 1883 he was consecrated bishop coadjutor of New York, assisting his uncle, Bishop Horatio Potter, whom he succeeded in 1887. The first stages in the building of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City were initiated by Bishop Potter. He was actively interested in social improvement and civic reform; his name was regularly in newspapers. Yet, Potter made headlines not for proselytizing, but for tackling the city’s social ills and assisting the “lowest and the least cared for classes”. Among his writings are The Citizen in Relation to the Industrial Situation (1902) and The Drink Problem in Modern Life (1905).

Howard Potter (1826–1897) was an American industrialist, investment banker, diplomat and philanthropist, and a partner in Brown Bros. & Co.

Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He immigrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–49 and became a prominent member of the new Republican Party. After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform. Schurz represented Missouri in the United States Senate and was the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior.

Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was an American forester and politician. A Yale alumnus, he served as the 4th Chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the 1st head of the United States Forest Service, and as the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Republican Party for most of his life, though he joined the Progressive Party for a brief period. Pinchot enjoyed a close relationship with President Theodore Roosevelt, who shared Pinchot's views regarding the importance of conservation.

Anna Botsford Comstock (1854-1930) was an early American artist and trained wood engraver known for illustrating her husband's entomological textbooks. She is most famous for being one of the first educators to bring her students and other teachers out-of-doors to study nature. In 1895, she was appointed to the New York State Committee for the Promotion of Agriculture. In this position, she planned and implemented an experimental course of nature study for the public schools. Comstock was the first female professor at Cornell, even though the university would not recognize her as a full-time professor until 1920, just two years before her retirement. She is the bestselling author of The Handbook of Nature Study (1911) now in its 24th edition.

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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