Chester A. Arthur - Document Signed As President - Appoints Famed Civil War Poet
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CHESTER A. ARTHUR. Partly-printed document signed, “Chester A. Arthur, ” as President and countersigned by, “Fred. T. Frelinghuysen, ” as Secretary of State appointing John J. Piatt as, “Consul of the United States of America, at Cork, [Ireland].” Piatt (1835-1917) was a well-known American journalist and poet who served as a clerk in the United States Treasury Department during the Civil War, later served at the head librarian at the US Capitol, and published s...everal books of poetry.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CHESTER A. ARTHUR, SELECTS A WELL-KNOWN CIVIL WAR POET AS AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND
The document is one page with a fully-intact white seal affixed to the bottom left, measures 21” by 16”, signed in Washington, DC on April 14, 1882, contains a large Chester A. Arthur signature measuring 5.25” in length, and in good condition with dampstaining to the top and bottom borders and paperloss and tears along the borders.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CHESTER A. ARTHUR, SELECTS A WELL-KNOWN CIVIL WAR POET AS AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND
The document is one page with a fully-intact white seal affixed to the bottom left, measures 21” by 16”, signed in Washington, DC on April 14, 1882, contains a large Chester A. Arthur signature measuring 5.25” in length, and in good condition with dampstaining to the top and bottom borders and paperloss and tears along the borders.
