Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 8 x 10, April 10, 1880. President Hayes directs the Secretary of State to “cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to the envelope containing a letter addressed to His Excellency, The President of the Republic of Bolivia, accrediting Charles Adams as Minister Resident and Consul General to La Paz.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Rutherford B. Hayes. In fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as “NM-MT 8.”
Charles Adams (1845–1895) was a United States Army officer, U.S. Indian agent, diplomat, and businessman, who, in 1879, secured the release of five hostages taken captive by the White River Utes after the Meeker Massacre, and held an official inquiry into their treatment. In 1880 he was appointed minister to Bolivia, where he served as the arbitrator of conferences on the Bolivia and Chile Wars. He remained in that position through 1882. Returning to Colorado with the change in presidential administrations, Adams became engaged in the manufacture of glass, and mining and mineral water development. He died on August 19, 1895, in the Gumry Hotel disaster in Denver, Colorado when a boiler in the basement of the hotel exploded, destroying the building and killing more than 20 people.
