PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY - CIVIL APPOINTMENT SIGNED 01/31/1899 CO-SIGNED BY: CHARLES EMORY SMITH - HFSID 5282
Price: $2,800.00
WILLIAM McKINLEY and CHARLES E. SMITH
Appointment of the Postmaster at Mattawan, New York.
Partly Printed Document Signed: "William McKinley" as
President and "C. Emery Smith" as Postmaster General, 1p,
20x16. Washington, 1899 January 31. In part: "Know Ye, That reposing
special trust and confidence in the Intelligence, Diligence and Discretion of
Peter A. Vosburgh the President of the United States nominated, and, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, I do appoint him Postmaster at...Mattawan
in the County of Duchess State of New York...." SMITH was
McKINLEY's Postmaster General from 1898-1901, continuing in Theodore
Roosevelt's administration until 1902. The Office of Postmaster General had been
in the President's Cabinet since Washington's administration but the President
and the Secretary of State had always signed Postmaster appointments, not the
Postmaster General. During the Grant administration, Congress passed the
Civil Service Act that became effective on January 1, 1872. It prescribed
rules and regulations regarding the appointments of civil officers. From that
date on, the President and the Postmaster General signed Postmaster
appointments. Eagle vignette at top center. 2½-inch gold paper seal tied to
red ribbon which shows some wear. Creased at blank margins. Ink stains on verso
lightly show through at top blank area. Fine condition.
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