George Perkins SIGNED letter to B.F. Harris Illinois Progressive Party 1912 NY For Sale

You are purchasing a rare signed letter from Progressive Party leaderGeorge Walbridge Perkins I (January 31, 1862 – June 18, 1920). He was an American politician and businessman, and the leader of the Progressive Movement, especiallyduringTheodore Roosevelt's presidential candidacy for the Progressive Party in 1912.Starting as an office boy, he became a leading executive in insurance, steel, and banking and was always on the alert for new and better ways to do business. He was a top aide to financier J. P. Morgan and handled complex issues involving U.S. Steel, International Harvester, and other large corporations and insurance companies. He was vice-president of New York Life Insurance Company and a partner in J.P. Morgan & Co. He served as president of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission from its creation in 1900 to his death.The correspondence was written to B.F. Harris from the Illinois Bankers Association. The letter is brief and personal. It is is from 1912, on Progressive Party letterhead and is signed by George Perkins in the lower right (please check photos).B.F. Harris was the leader of the Illinois Bankers Association in 1911–1912, using his platform to launch a prominent nationwide "banker-farmer" movement aimed at improving agricultural education and rural credit speaking widely on banking reform.It was discoved at a NJ estate sale with a considerable of amount of political memorabilia from many different years and campaigns. This very rare letter will ship USPS with tracking. Please feel free to ask any questions.The 1912 Progressive Party—popularly known as the Bull Moose Party—was a short-lived third party founded by former U.S. President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt after he failed to win the Republican Party nomination against incumbent President William Howard Taft.