PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY - CIVIL APPOINTMENT SIGNED 04/15/1901 CO-SIGNED BY: ETHAN A. HITCHCOCK - HFSID 67865
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WILLIAM McKINLEY and ETHAN A. HITCHCOCK. Partly Printed DS:
"William McKinley" as President and "E.A. Hitchcock" as
Secretary of the Interior, 1p, 19¼x15. On vellum. Washington, 1901 April
15. Reappointment of Selden Connor of Portland, Maine, as Pension Agent
at Augusta, Maine "to take effect April 6, 1901, at expiration of his
term of office of four years". In the Civil War, SELDEN CONNER
(1839-1917) saw action at the battles of Fredericksburg (slight wound),
Gettysburg and the Wilderness (thigh-bone was shattered by a bullet). He was
commissioned Brigadier General in June 1864, but was incapacitated for active
service because of his wound. A Republican, Conner was Governor of Maine from
1876-1879. He was first appointed U.S. Pension Agent in 1882 by President
Arthur, serving until 1886. Lightly creased. 4¾x3-inch light shading at
lower right corner touches "McKinley". Folds, vertical fold touches "A" in
Hitchcock's signature.
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