CHARLES EMORY SMITH - AUTOGRAPH 04/19/1900 - HFSID 26397
Sale Price $150.00
Reg. $180.00
CHARLES EMORY SMITH
Card signed and dated as United States Postmaster General in
1900
Signature: "Ch Emory Smith/Postmaster General/April 19, 1900".
3¼x2¼ card. Smith (1842-1908, born in Mansfield, Connecticut) was
President William McKinley's Postmaster General from 1898 to 1901, continuing
in Theodore Roosevelt's administration until 1902. Before becoming
postmaster, he helped to develop rural free delivery in the United States
Postal Service, in which mail carriers brought mail to rural customers free
of charge. This service was instituted in 1891 and continues to this day. He was
also a journalist, editing two Albany papers from 1865 to 1880 and the
Philadelphia Express, in which he was part proprietor, from 1880 until
his death. Lightly toned and creased. Adhesive residue on verso with light
show-through that touches signature. Random ink stains. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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