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| Lot # 20 PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT - DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/06/1873 - Document 269288 |
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ULYSSES S. GRANT. Manuscript DS: "U.S. Grant" as
President, 1p, 7½x11½. Executive Mansion, 1873 March 6. In full:
"I hereby appoint Levi P. Luckey Private Secretary to the President of the
United States to date from the fourth instant." Two days earlier, on
March 4, 1873, President Grant took his oath of office for his second term.
It was administered by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase. A near-blizzard and zero
degree temperature marred the inaugural parade, causing the marchers great
discomfort. In 1857, Congress first appropriated funds for the President to
hire a secretary. Levi P. Luckey succeeded Robert M. Douglas as President
Grant's Private Secretary. Luckey served as Grant's Executive Clerk
(1869-1871) and Assistant Private Secretary (1871-1873) before his promotion to
Private Secretary to the President (1873-1877). Grant's signature, on the
horizontal mid-fold, is faded. Matted. Fine condition.
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