Mid-30s letters from ex-Hackensack mayor, Herman Vanderwart

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This lot contains letters to and from Hackensack, New Jersey, attorney Herman Vanderwart regarding the Hackensack property owned by Hiram W. Phillips and/or the estate of his father, Wattles S. Phillips.

As pictured below, the letter on the left - about a boundary dispute or encroachment - is dated 1936 and contains Mr. Vanderwart's original signature. Attached to it is a draft letter to the neighbor regarding the encroachment. The other letter - which has an inheritance tax invoice attached - is also signed by Vanderwart, and is dated 1937.

Also included are the correspondingly postmarked envelopes addressed to Hiram W. Phillips from the law office of Vanderwart and Scharnikow.

According to the Political Graveyard, Herman Vanderwart served as Mayor of Hackensack from 1929 to 1930. The lower photo is just a close-up of his signatures on the two letters.



Hiram W. Phillips' name sure does show up in a lot of Hackensack auctions.



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