Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 23 x 19, July 22, 1892. President Harrison appoints A. Loudon Snowden, of Pennsylvania, as "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Spain." Signed at the conclusion n fountain pen by Harrison and countersigned by Secretary of State John W. Foster. Beige paper seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In very good to fine, folded condition, with some light creasing and edge wrinkling.
Archibald Loudon Snowden (1835-1912) was an American politician and ambassador during the late 19th century who served as Chief Executor in the Philadelphia Mint and, in 1887, served as the Marshal of the Centennial celebration of the United States Constitution. As a diplomat, Snowden served simultaneously as the United States Minister to Greece, Romania, and Serbia from 1889 to 1892, and then as the United States Minister to Spain from 1892 to 1893.
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