Drama Critic Alexander Woollcott Declines A Dinner Invitation On Account Of His Theatre-Going Responsibilities

DANIEL SICKLES (1819-1914). Sickles was a New York politician and Union Army general. He was an often-shady character who murdered his wifes lover and was then acquitted by pleading temporary insanity.ALS. 1pg. November 15, 1876. New York. An autograph letter signed D. Sickles. Just days after the controversial 1876 Presidential election between Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden, Sickles wrote to outgoing President Ulysses S. Grant, offering his service in the present emergency. His offer of assistance is ironic, given that Sickles started the controversy in the first place. My dear General Allow me to place my service at your disposal in the present emergency in any way you may think. I can be useful to the public interests. Faithfully Yours, D. Sickles. The letter, written in purple ink, is in fine condition and is inlaid to a larger sheet. An interesting bit of maneuvering by a slippery political figure.