COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900) Union Major General; U.S. Interior Secretary – 1869-70; Governor of Ohio – 1866-68; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1877-79
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Autograph Letter Signed, 5” x 8”, confirming the date of his appointment as Interior Secretary in the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant.
“Cincinnati [Ohio], 14 May 1873. Dear Sir: In reply to your note I would say that I was appointed Secretary of the Interior March 6th 1869. Very Resp[ectfull]y, J.D. Cox.”
Lightly and evenly toned, with two horizontal folds; old hinge and mounting remnants on reverse of the integral leaf.
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