1876 Handwritten Page RE: Ch Just Evarts, EBENEZER R. HOAR, US ATTORNEY GENERAL!

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Unused

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ALL of the writing on the page was penned by E. R. Hoar himself.Just in the third person.This page measures approximately 5" x 8"I compared the writing style to other examples online, andConcord, Dec. 30. 1876Mr. E. R. Hoar regrets very much that it will not be in his power toaccept Mr. Evarts invitation to meet the Chief Justice of the United States on Thursday evening next.He always takes much pleasure in an opportunity to meet Chief Justice Waite, and is very fond of Mr. Evarts -but he has a previous engagement for Wednesday Jan. 3d, which is very likely to last into Thursday, the 4th, and the weather is cold, the snow deep, and railroad trains are uncertain.It should be noted that Mr. Evarts is in fact William Maxwell Evarts, former US Secretary of State, US Attorney General and US Senator ... as well as being his first cousin. Their mothers Methebel Prescott (Sherman) Evarts and Sarah (Sherman) Hoar were sisters and daughters of American founding father Roger Sherman of Connecticut. Mr. Hoar was the brother of US Senator George F. Hoar and also the first cousin of Governor and US Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin through Roger Sherman’s daughter Rebecca (Sherman) Baldwin.Previous dealer price is $150.00Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (February 21, 1816 – January 31, 1895) was an American politician, lawyer, and justice from Massachusetts. He was appointed U.S. Attorney General in 1869 by President Ulysses S. Grant; he became the first U.S. Attorney General to head the newly created Department of Justice in July 1870. As Attorney General Hoar worked with President Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary of State Hamilton Fish over contentious issues as settling the Alabama Claims with England and in keeping the United States from recognizing Cuban belligerency during the Ten Years' War. Hoar assisted Grant in appointing two Supreme Court justices that helped overturn a decision outlawing paper money as legal tender. Hoar himself, nominated by President Grant, was rejected by the Senate to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, in part due to senators' dismay over Hoar's resistance to distribution of federal patronage jobs without regard to the job applicant's capabilities. Hoar came from a prominent Puritan family that had settled in Massachusetts in 1640. An exceptionally bright student from his youth, Hoar attended Harvard College starting in 1831 and graduated in 1835. After teaching and traveling in the West, Hoar returned to Concord and studied law, passing the bar in 1839. In 1846, Hoar was elected as a Whig to the Massachusetts State Senate. From 1849 to 1855, Hoar served on the Massachusetts court of common pleas. In 1859, Hoar was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, serving until his appointment as U.S. Attorney General in 1869. After serving as U.S. Attorney General, Hoar served on a joint high commission between the U.S. and the United Kingdom, which negotiated the Treaty of Washington (1871), which created an arbitration tribunal to settle the Alabama Claims against the United Kingdom, and created an arbitration process to settle other trade, territorial and maritime issues with the Dominion of Canada.Hoar was a member of the Harvard College Board of Overseers from 1868 to 1882. In 1872, Hoar was elected as a Republican to the 43rd Congress, serving from 1873 to 1875. After his term as Congressman ended Hoar returned to his law practice in Concord and Boston, Massachusetts, working until his death in 1895.If there are any faults you might not see from the scans, I'll mention them here.Folded in thirds, but stiff. I won't refold when I ship. Relatively little wear.Otherwise, condition is as shown. Please view the scans to form your own opinion.Additional information upon request. Just message me! 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