DS as president, one page both sides, 9.75 x 14, December 3, 1924. Formal letter of State to the President of the Republic of Peru. In part, “I have…made choice of the Honorable Miles Poindexter, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Peru, as a member of the Special Mission to represent the United States in the celebration in Peru of the Centennial of the Battle of Ayaacucho…I therefore request Your Excellency to receive him favorably for this purpose and to accept from him…my own best wishes and those of the Government of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion in black ink by Coolidge and countersigned by Secretary of State Charles Hughes. Bisecting horizontal fold, punch holes to left edge and some scattered light toning and soiling, otherwise fine condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
