Excellent, historic item from then Massachusetts speaker of the house Channing Cox to the Boston Municipal Council of the United Spanish War Veterans accepting their invitation to a seat on the platform at the Maine Memorial service at Faneuil Hall. Letter is personally signed by Cox. He went on to be governor of the state. Channing Harris Cox: A graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, Mr. Cox served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1911-19. Over the next several years he was Lieutenant Governor to Calvin Coolidge. As a Republican, Cox won the governorship by a wide margin in the popular election. His administration expanded upon many existing laws: workman's compensation payments were increased, farmers and domestic workers were included as workers and made eligible for state benefits, compulsory education was extended to all children, and child labor laws were expanded. Governor Cox also responded to changes in the Massachusetts economy. He advocated policies and reforms to discourage speculative investment with borrowed funds. He instituted a corporate tax on income from real estate holdings and enabled trade unions both to sue and be sued. After governing two terms, Channing Cox retired to practice law in a private practice and worked with various banking and industrial firms. Slight tears in the horizontal letter fold and two punch holes where it was placed in a binder of some kind. Very historic Republican Party and Massachusetts political item.