ALS signed “Wm. McKinley, MC 17 Ohio Dis.,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, The Ebbitt letterhead, December 10, 1877, with the reverse bearing an ANS in pencil from President Rutherford B. Hayes, signed "R. B. Hayes." McKinley's handwritten letter to Secretary of War George W. McCrary, in full: "This will introduce to you Capt. H. G. Brown of Carrollton, Ohio. He is seeing a clerkship in your Department. He was a soldier in the 13th Ohio Vols. during the entire war and was promoted from a private soldier to a captain. He was twice wounded and is a constant sufferer from his wounds. He is a good business man, with good business habits, active, intelligent and reliable. I earnestly recommend him to your favorable consideration." Hayes's note on the reverse: "I will be gratified if Capt. Brown can properly receive the position of employment he seeks." In fine condition, with some trivial ink bleeding, and faint show-through to the upper left from old adhesive residue on the reverse.
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