Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 21 x 16, February 4, 1911. President Taft appoints Roman C. White as “Postmaster at Glenwood, in the County of Mills, State of Iowa.” Signed at the conclusion by William H. Taft and countersigned by Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock. The Post Office Department seal remains affixed to the lower left. In very good condition, with overall creasing, repaired tears, and staining (and paint!) in the margins.
Roman Curtis White worked in law enforcement as a young man and then later farmed. White served as Glenwood’s Postmaster 1897 to 1909 under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Rosevelt. In 1911 President Taft appointed the Republican supporter to another term.
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