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GEORGE W. McCRARY - AUTOGRAPH 11/17/1879 - HFSID 49365

Small card signed as Secretary of War Signature: "Geo. McCrary/Secy of War/Nov. 17, 1879", 3¼x2. George W. McCrary (1835-1890) passed the Iowa bar at age 20, and served in the Iowa legislature before winning four terms in the US House of Representatives (1869-1877).

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Condition: Fine condition
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GEORGE W. McCRARY
Small card signed as Secretary of War
Signature: "Geo. McCrary/Secy of War/Nov. 17, 1879", 3¼x2. George W. McCrary (1835-1890) passed the Iowa bar at age 20, and served in the Iowa legislature before winning four terms in the US House of Representatives (1869-1877). He helped create the special commission which resolved the dispute Presidential Election of 1876, and served on the committee investigating the Credit Mobilier scandal. As Secretary of War under President Hayes (1877-1879), he withdrew the last federal troops from the South. He resigned his Cabinet Posts to accept appointment as a US Circuit Court judge. Water spot on "1894". Toned. Adhesive residue on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.

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