Speech delivered by Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, at Mansfield, Ohio on Friday Evening, August 17, 1877
During a visit to his home in Mansfield, Ohio, John Sherman received a request from the local leaders to attend a reception in his honor and to speak at the reception. The letter of request states that “...Financial and other public questions are, however, of importance to us always, and especially now. We recognize your great ability and long experience, and cannot but think that an expression of your views on these questions will be very highly prized by the people of Ohio, irrespective of party...” Mr. Sherman agreed to the townspeople's request, with the resulting Speech delivered by Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, at Mansfield, Ohio on Friday Evening, August 17, 1877. The speech covers a number of issues in addition to those of a financial nature, or as Mr. Sherman defines his effort to be “...to discuss the actual Administrative questions of the day as they have arisen since the fourth of March last, and in all of which you are alike interested whether you may call yourselves Republicans or Democrats...”.
This First Edition copy of the speech is contained within a 36 page single-column booklet, with tan paper covers, that measures approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inches. The pages are slightly tanned and there is some staining/discoloration on the covers. The overall condition of the item is good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the booklet’s title page and first page of text.
John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" (May 10, 1823 – October 22, 1900), was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. In 1854, he was first elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives. After Senator Salmon P. Chase resigned to become the Secretary of the Treasury, Sherman was elected to fill his seat. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture from 1863 to 1867 and chairman of the Committee on Finance from 1863 to 1865 and again from 1867 to 1877. In 1877, newly elected President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Sherman Secretary of the Treasury. He served in the position through the entire Hayes administration, 1877 to 1881. [Wikipedia]
During a visit to his home in Mansfield, Ohio, John Sherman received a request from the local leaders to attend a reception in his honor and to speak at the reception. The letter of request states that “...Financial and other public questions are, however, of importance to us always, and especially now. We recognize your great ability and long experience, and cannot but think that an expression of your views on these questions will be very highly prized by the people of Ohio, irrespective of party...” Mr. Sherman agreed to the townspeople's request, with the resulting Speech delivered by Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, at Mansfield, Ohio on Friday Evening, August 17, 1877. The speech covers a number of issues in addition to those of a financial nature, or as Mr. Sherman defines his effort to be “...to discuss the actual Administrative questions of the day as they have arisen since the fourth of March last, and in all of which you are alike interested whether you may call yourselves Republicans or Democrats...”.
This First Edition copy of the speech is contained within a 36 page single-column booklet, with tan paper covers, that measures approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inches. The pages are slightly tanned and there is some staining/discoloration on the covers. The overall condition of the item is good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the booklet’s title page and first page of text.
John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" (May 10, 1823 – October 22, 1900), was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. In 1854, he was first elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives. After Senator Salmon P. Chase resigned to become the Secretary of the Treasury, Sherman was elected to fill his seat. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture from 1863 to 1867 and chairman of the Committee on Finance from 1863 to 1865 and again from 1867 to 1877. In 1877, newly elected President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Sherman Secretary of the Treasury. He served in the position through the entire Hayes administration, 1877 to 1881. [Wikipedia]
During a visit to his home in Mansfield, Ohio, John Sherman received a request from the local leaders to attend a reception in his honor and to speak at the reception. The letter of request states that “...Financial and other public questions are, however, of importance to us always, and especially now. We recognize your great ability and long experience, and cannot but think that an expression of your views on these questions will be very highly prized by the people of Ohio, irrespective of party...” Mr. Sherman agreed to the townspeople's request, with the resulting Speech delivered by Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, at Mansfield, Ohio on Friday Evening, August 17, 1877. The speech covers a number of issues in addition to those of a financial nature, or as Mr. Sherman defines his effort to be “...to discuss the actual Administrative questions of the day as they have arisen since the fourth of March last, and in all of which you are alike interested whether you may call yourselves Republicans or Democrats...”.
This First Edition copy of the speech is contained within a 36 page single-column booklet, with tan paper covers, that measures approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inches. The pages are slightly tanned and there is some staining/discoloration on the covers. The overall condition of the item is good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the booklet’s title page and first page of text.
John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" (May 10, 1823 – October 22, 1900), was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. In 1854, he was first elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives. After Senator Salmon P. Chase resigned to become the Secretary of the Treasury, Sherman was elected to fill his seat. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture from 1863 to 1867 and chairman of the Committee on Finance from 1863 to 1865 and again from 1867 to 1877. In 1877, newly elected President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Sherman Secretary of the Treasury. He served in the position through the entire Hayes administration, 1877 to 1881. [Wikipedia]