Benjamin Harrison - Document Signed As President - Appoints Consul To Ireland
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BENJAMIN HARRISON. Partly-printed document signed, “Benjamin Harrison, ” as President and countersigned by, “John W. Foster, ” as Secretary of State appointing John J. Piatt as, “Consul of the United States of America, at Dublin, [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 as the head librarian at the US Capitol, and published several... books of poetry.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON, 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 20” by 16”, signed in Washington, DC on January 23, 1893 one month before the end of his term, and in good condition having been attached to a mounting board, sunned along the borders, framing adhesive at the top border, and a small section missing at the bottom right.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON, 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 20” by 16”, signed in Washington, DC on January 23, 1893 one month before the end of his term, and in good condition having been attached to a mounting board, sunned along the borders, framing adhesive at the top border, and a small section missing at the bottom right.
