Lot 13
Cleveland, Grover. Autograph letter signed as President, 1 page, on engraved "Gray Gables. Buzzards Bay, Mass" stationery, 2pp (recto/verso), 6¾ x 4¼", 1895 To Hon. A[lvey] A. Adee (1842-1924),Acting Secretary of State, in part: "I do not quite understand why you desire my…approval… in the matter of comitas [?] certificates of finances…although I am not certain that I approve …all the details of the affair, I have such confidence in your ability and judgment, and in the Treasury Department, which advised your action, that I am constrained to explicitly approve all that you have done in the matter." Fine. Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham died on May 28, 1895, and Richard Olney was appointed on June 8, 1895. Adee was Third Assistant Secretary at this time, but is addressed here as Acting Secretary of State. In 1886, he was promoted to Second Assistant Secretary, a post that was only ever held by Adee and one other person (William Hunter), and one that he held until his death.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
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