Lot 15
Grant, Ulysses S. -- Document Signed as President, Replacing a Suspended IRS Agent. Partly-printed document signed "U.S. Grant" as President, one page, on paper, 14½ x 18½", Washington, June 8, 1869. Countersigned by Secretary of the Treasury George Boutwell. In part: "Know Ye, That having suspended from his office Alex.r H. Martin, Collector of Internal Revenue, Fourth District of Missouri…I do designate H. C. Stewart to perform the duties of said suspended officer…." Light toning and soiling, one small tape repair on horizontal fold, and a few partial seal marks along lower portion; a vertical fold traverses the "G-r" in Grant's signature. Attractively housed in a 16¾ x 20¾" folio. Estimate Value $700 - UP
The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection.
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