Private secretary (1838-1905) to and, later, biographer of Abraham Lincoln who also served as secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt. Free-franked mailing envelope, 4.25 x 2.75, addressed in another hand to "Hon. Wm. H. Herndon, Springfield, Illinois," and franked vertically in the upper right, "Jno. Hay." Stamped in the upper left: "Legation des États-Unis, d'Amerique a Paris." In very good condition, with light overall soiling and a short repaired tear to the bottom edge. William Henry Herndon was a law partner and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln who was an early member of the new Republican Party and was elected mayor of Springfield, Illinois.
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