Choice partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 10, December 29, 1898. President McKinley authorizes and directs the “Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to the envelope containing my letter addressed to His Imperial Majesty William II, Emperor of Germany.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by McKinley. In fine condition. Interestingly, Germany was an American enemy at this time—Kaiser Wilhelm had even drawn up plans for an invasion of the United States in an effort to reduce the nation’s influence in the world. However, the chief foreign relations conflict for President McKinley had been the Spanish-American War which came to a conclusion earlier in the month of December. A beautiful example of this scarce document format. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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