Autograph Letter, Washington, January 14, 1952 Manuscript; Black, Hugo L; Kogan, Herman Antiquarian & Scholarly

Hugo Black Mentions His Recently Deceased Wife [Manuscript]. Black, Hugo L. [1886-1971]. [Kogan, Herman (1914-1989)]. [Kogan, Merilew (1919-2007)]. [Autograph Letter, Washington, January 14, 1952]. 9" x 5-3/4" United States Supreme Court letterhead, content to recto. Light toning, two light horizontal fold lines. With transmittal envelope postmarked January 15, 1952, small tears to top-edge. $250. * Herman Kogan was a distinguished Chicago author and journalist. Black thanks him and his wife for a sympathy telegram they sent him after the death of his wife, who died on December 8. 1951. He expresses regret that the Kogans never met her and says she was "as sweet, kind, lovely & tolerant [a] spirit as this world has known." He also mentions that Hugo Black, Jr. "read & enjoyed" Bet a Million!: The Story of John W. Gates, a book co-authored by Herman Kogan and Lloyd Wendt.