Typewritten Letter from Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland Regarding the Spanish-American War

Washington, D.C., 1898. Very good. Toned, letter folds. Tears to envelope.. Typewritten letter on official United States Senate letterhead signed by Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland, responding to a query from 1st Lieut. Owen Norris of Easton, Maryland. Norris had requested Gorman's assistance raising a unit of volunteers to serve in the Spanish-American War. Gorman (1839-1906) was a Bourbon Democrat who, before serving as Senator, had had a professional baseball career, and was a founding member of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club in 1859. Letter measures approx. 10" by 8", addressed and postmarked envelope measures 3.5" by 6