Auction Date:2010 Oct 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS signed “Grover Cleveland, late She[ri]ff of Erie Co.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, on letterhead of the Office of Bass, Cleveland & Bissell, March 5, 1874. Letter to attorney A. D. Scott. In full: “Enclosed please find draft to your order for $264.95 in full of the amount due to the plaintiff in the execution of Elliott against Williams. Please acknowledge the receipt of same & oblige.” Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, scattered moderate toning and soiling, a couple small areas of paper loss at fold junctions and fold edges, and some light pooling of ink to Cleveland’s title, otherwise very good condition. This letter reflects Cleveland’s pride in having been sheriff of Erie County, New York—a position he held from 1871 to 1873. Even upon leaving office, he made certain that he added “late Sheff of Erie Co.” to his correspondence, as shown here. He eventually formed a law partnership with two of his friends, Lyman K. Bass and Wilson S. Bissell—the other two men identified on this stationery. The firm was dissolved in 1882 after Cleveland became mayor of Buffalo, New York. In 1893, President Cleveland remembered his old partner, naming Bissell his postmaster general. This is a unique addendum to Cleveland’s signature from a sometimes forgotten role in his life.
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