Letter from Roger B. Taney to William P. Smith

Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, writes to Mr. William Prescott Smith: "Accept my thanks for the 'Scientific American,' and the two pamphlets.... I was so much impressed with what I saw in my brief visit to the Institute a few evenings ago...." An engraving of Taney is included, which was likely added by the autograph dealer from whom this letter was acquired.