Private secretary (1838–1905) to and, later, biographer of Abraham Lincoln who also served as secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt. LS as acting secretary of state, one page both sides, 8 x 10, October 21, 1880. Letter to J. D. Stevenson, the shipping commissioner of the United States in San Francisco. In part: “I have to…inform you in reply, & agreeably to your request, that, William Hart Jr., of California, was appointed Consul of the United States for Port Louis, Mauritius.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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