PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/20/1883 CO-SIGNED BY: DANIEL S. LAMONT - HFSID 13183

GROVER CLEVELAND and DANIEL S. LAMONT
Both sign on this document notifying Bonnell & Valentine that the State Board of Health is concerned with the nuisances of health in specific cities
Document Signed: "Grover Cleveland" as Governor of New York and "Daniel S. Lamont" as Private Secretary, 2p, 10½x16. Albany, 1883 July 20. Governor Cleveland notifies Bonnell & Valentine that the State Board of Health, asked by him "to examine into nuisances affecting the security of life and health in Long Island City, and in the Town of Newtown, County of Queens", has found that "the business carried on in and about the locality aforesaid by the persons hereinabove named, to be a nuisance in this, to wit: that offensive gases, vapors and odors, and deleterious matter, are allowed to escape into the atmosphere." CLEVELAND declares the business to be a public nuisance and orders that "within three weeks from and after the service of a copy of this order, proper apparatus be constructed and put in operation for the complete condensation or combustion of all vapors and gases generated in the conduct of said business...." Lamont (1851-1905) was President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of War from 1893 to 1897. Lamont was also his private secretary when Cleveland was Governor of New York (1883-1885). Folds. Vertical fold touches "S" in Lamont's signature. Slightly yellowed page over which service document rests. Fine 2½-inch gold foil seal. Fine condition.