ALS as president, one page, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, June 2, 1899. Letter to his friend and legal client Emma Hazlett. In part: “Ida would be pleased to have you come here tomorrow afternoon and spend Sunday with us if your plans will permit. The Marine Band gives a concert commencing at 5:30 P.M. tomorrow & if you could drop in about that time, bringing Mrs. Chance & her daughter Mrs. McKinley would be glad.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope addressed in McKinley’s hand. A hundred years after its establishment in 1798, the United States Marine Band underwent its most comprehensive reorganization in 1899. In March, President McKinley signed an act that nearly doubled its size and increased the musicians’ pay, thereby attracting some of the nation’s greatest talent. McKinley’s handwritten letters are scarce in general and particularly so as president. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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