PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY - CIVIL APPOINTMENT SIGNED 05/28/1897 CO-SIGNED BY: JAMES A. GARY - HFSID 2728
Price: $3,250.00
WILLIAM McKINLEY and JAMES A. GARY
Appointment of the Postmaster at Fairfield, Connecticut.
Partly Printed DS: "William McKinley" as President and "Jas.
A. Gary" as Postmaster Gneral, 1p, 20x16. Washington, 1897 May 28.
In part: "Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the
Intelligence, Diligence and Discretion of Edwin W.S. Pickett the President of
the United States nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, I do appoint him Postmaster at...Fairfield State of Connecticut...."
Fairfield, Connecticut, founded in 1639, is on the southern coast of the
state on Long Island Sound. JAMES A. GARY was McKinley's first Postmaster
General, serving from March 5, 1897 until April 21, 1898. 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 blue 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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