GROUP OF FIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, AND ONE TYPED LETTER SIGNED, FROM ANTOINETTE VAN HOESEN WAKEMAN TO UNITED STATES SENATOR, HENRY E. BURNHAM de Wakeman, Antoinette (Prudence Van Hoesen - 1905

Hot Springs, Arkansas/ Chicago/ etc., 1905. The letters are folded for mailing, with few moderate soil marks, one letter has few spots of early, slight discoloration in margins, else the five letters are in very good condition. SIX SIGNED LETTERS, FROM ANTOINETTE VAN HOESEN WAKEMAN
TO SENATOR HENRY E. BURNHAM CONCERNING ARCHBISHOP IRELAND. Antoinette (Prudence) Van Hoesen Wakeman was a journalist for 'The Chicago Evening Post,' and served as the first President of The Press League (of Chicago), which was founded with the goal of establishing cooperation among women who earn their living writing for the press. She also published a novel ('Questions of Conscience,' in 1900), a play ('The Testing,' in 1909), and an instructional book on sewing and garment cutting ('Scientific Sewing and Garment Cutting: for Use in the Schools and in the Home,' in 1900).
Senator Henry Eben Burnham, a Republican from New Hampshire, was a member of the Senate from 1901-1913. He served on the Committee on Cuban Relations (Chairman), Committee on Claims, and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. John Ireland (1838-1918) was the first Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1888-1918) and a friend of President Theodore Roosevelt.
For the six(6) signed letters from Antoinette Van Hoesen Wakeman to Senator Burnham, advocating on behalf of Colonel Bailey:

Six letters, signed, from Chicago journalist Antoinette Van Hoesen Wakeman to "Hon Henry E. Burnham, United States Senate, Washington, D.C." seeking Senator Henry Burnham (U. S. Senator from New Hampshire) to support the 'Colonel Bailey' Bill, and requesting that he meet with Archbishop John Ireland, President Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of War (William Howard Taft) and General Tam (as follows):
-ALS, three pages (single sheet, folded once to make four 12mo pages, with writing on three pages), "The McCrary," Hot Springs, Arkansas, March 18, 1904. The letter has nice content, seeking Senator Burnham's support for the "Colonel Bailey Bill," meetings with Archbishop Ireland (of St. Paul, Minnesota), Secretary of War William Howard Taft, etc.
-ALS, two pages (single sheet, folded once to make four 12mo pages, with writing on two sides), "Lexington Hotel," Chicago, March 27, 1904. The letter concerns organizing support for the "Colonel Bailey bill."
-ALS, two pages (single sheet, folded once to make four 12mo pages, with writing on two pages), "Lexington Hotel," Chicago, April 4, 1904. The letter discusses meeting with Archbishop Ireland in the hopes of "securing justice for Colonel Bailey."
-ALS, four pages (single sheet, folded once to make four 12mo pages, with writing on four pages), Hager City, Wisconsin, April 24, 1904. The letter discusses "Colonel Bailey's case with Archbishop Ireland," with the goal of having Col. Bailey reinstated ("an act of justice")
-TLS, one page (single twelvemo sheet on Wakeman's embossed letterhead), New York, January 8, 1905. The letter concerns "progress in Colonel Bailey's interests," and suggests meeting with Secretary of War Taft for assistance.
-ALS, three pages (single sheet, on Wakeman's embossed letterhead, folded to make four 12mo pages, with writing on three pages), New York, January 15, 1905. The letter concerns meetings with Secretary Taft, and "his Grace of St. Paul" and the signing of the [Bailey] Bill. The letters are folded for mailing, with few moderate soil marks, one letter has few spots of early, slight discoloration in margins, else the five letters are in very good condition. Antoinette (Prudence) Van Hoesen Wakeman was a journalist for 'The Chicago Evening Post,' and served as the first President of The Press League (of Chicago), which was founded with the goal of establishing cooperation among women who earn their living writing for the press. She also published a novel ('Questions of Conscience,' in 1900), a play ('The Testing,' in 1909), and an instructional book on sewing and garment cutting ('Scientific Sewing and Garment Cutting: for Use in the Schools and in the Home,' in 1900).
Senator Henry Eben Burnham, a Republican from New Hampshire, was a member of the Senate from 1901-1913. He served on the Committee on Cuban Relations (Chairman), Committee on Claims, and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. John Ireland (1838-1918) was the first Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1888-1918) and a friend of President Theodore Roosevelt.
For the six(6) signed letters from Antoinette Van Hoesen Wakeman to Senator Burnham, advocating on behalf of Colonel Bailey:.