A correspondence collection of 10 ALS and TLS primarily related to the preparation and placement of the memorial bust for Edward D. White, Chief Justice of the United States (1910-1921), including notes from his widow; together with a formal printed invitation to the unveiling in New Orleans: 1. BINGHAM, HIRAM (1875-1956). Two single-sheet TLS from the Connecticut senator to Edward M. Chapman, on U. S. Senate letterhead, dated September 28, 1925, and October 15, 1925. 10 1/2in. x 8in. Condition: Both with hole punches and two horizontal folds and other creases, tonging; one with paperclip rust. 2. FESS, SIMEON DAVISON. (1861-1936). Single-sheet TLS to Edward M. Chapman, on letterhead for the United States Senate Committee on the Library, April 21, 1926. 10 1/2in. x 8 15/16in. Condition: Two horizontal folds, an edge crease, toning, hole punches. 3. PEPPER, GEORGE WHARTON (1867-1961). Single-sheet TLS to Edward M. Chapman, on United States Senate Committee on Printing letterhead, September 30, 1925. 10 1/2in. x 8in. Condition: Two horizontal folds and other light creasing, toned, hole punched. 4. SMITH, ELLISON DuRANT (1864-1944). Single-sheet TLS to Senator Hiram Bingham, on United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce letterhead, October 12, 1925. 10 3/8in. x 7 7/8in. Condition: Two horizontal folds, hole punches, toning. 5. SPENCER, SELDON PALMER (1862-1925). Single-sheet ALS to Edward M. Chapman, on United States Senate letterhead, July 12, 1924. It's not immediately clear what the letter refers to. He writes: "And fair of you to unite as you did. Of course we can not all see entirely alike -- it is probably fortunate that such is the case -- but this does not in the least lessen our confidence in the absolute sincerity of the other man's view." 13in. x 8 1/2in., folded in half. Condition: Good; one horizontal fold. 6. WHITE, LEITA MONTGOMERY (1852-1934). Two Single-sheet ALS from White's widow, to Edward M. Chapman, May 3 and October 21 [1926]. Thanking Chapman for his efforts for her husband's bust. 10 1/4in. x 6 3/8in., folded in half. Condition: One with a horizontal quarter fold, the other with a vertical fold. 7. Official printed invitation from the Governor of the State of Louisiana, for the unveiling of the memorial statue of Chief Justice Edward Douglas White, April 8, 1926, Royal Street, New Orleans. 5 1/4in. x 8 1/4in. Condition: Light horizontal crease, toning, light soiling. PLEASE NOTE: 20TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS CAN HAVE VARIED TONING FROM AGE; IMAGES MAY APPEAR LIGHTER ON DIFFERENT SCREENS. EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN (1862-1952) was a Connecticut pastor, academic, and author. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1890. Chapman was a descendant of Robert Chapman, one of the first settler Saybrook, Connecticut (c. 1635), and he was a chronicler of his family and the area€™s history. He served as pastor of Old Lyme Church from 1906 to 1915. Chapman had a personal acquaintance with Woodrow Wilson, both before and during his U.S. presidency, through the church and time spent in Lyme, Connecticut. This lot and the other Chapman-related documents offered in this sale were part of a collection of his family papers.