Lot 605
Hayes, Rutherford B., and His Cabinet. Document signed ("R B Hayes") as President, headed Executive Mansion, Washington, 9¾ x 5¼", being a page with the signatures of Hayes and his Cabinet. The date "22d May 1877" is below the signature of John C. Fremont ("Fremont"), whom Hayes would appoint as Territorial Governor of Arizona from 1878-81. Hayes' Cabinet signed below: William M. Evarts ("Wm Evarts / New York"), Secretary of State; John Sherman / Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury; George W. McCrary ("Geo. W. McCrary / Iowa"), Secretary of War; Richard W. Thompson ("RW Thompson / Indiana"), Secretary of the Navy; David M. Key ("D.M. Key / Tennessee"), Postmaster General; Charles Devens ("Chas Devens / Mass."), Attorney General; Carl Schurz ("C. Schurz"), Secretary of the Interior. Very good; pencil erasures of cabinet members' titles faintly visible at left, and paper remnants and a newspaper article are affixed to verso. Names are all boldly penned.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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