Lot 470
[Grant, Ulysses S.] George Boutwell. Third person autograph letter signed, 1p, 5¾ x 5 in., n.p., 27 Feb. 1877. In full: "Mr. and Mrs. Boutwell have the honor to accept the invitation of The President and Mrs. Grant to dinner Saturday evening next at seven o'clock." Boutwell served as Grant's Secretary of the Treasury from 1869 until 1873. The contentious election of 1876 was decided by an Electoral Commission on February 27, 1877, the day Boutwell wrote this letter. Since Inauguration Day, March 4, 1877, would fall on a Sunday, President Grant suggested that Samuel J. Tilden be sworn in as President in a private ceremony at a White House dinner on Saturday, March 3, 1877, a dinner he had scheduled days earlier! Very good; overall soiling and partial fold split.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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