Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 6, 1870. President Grant directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “my full power to Alvin P. Hovey to conclude a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, with the Gov’t of Peru.” Signed at the conclusion by U. S. Grant. In fine condition, with faint toning to the edges and folds, and a small tear to the lower right corner tip.
Alvin Peterson Hovey was a Union general during the American Civil War (1821–1891) who later served as the 21st governor of Indiana from 1889 to 1891. During the war he played an important role in the Western theater, earning high approval from General U. S. Grant, and uncovered a secret plot for an uprising in Indiana. He also served as an Indiana congressman and as the United States Minister to Peru from 1866 to 1870.
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