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James Garfield DS

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James Garfield DS
"WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AFTER THE AUCTION ENDS BY THE AUCTIONEER ONCE ALL BIDS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER FOR EACH LOT."
James Garfield document signed as President, dated 5 May 1881. Here, Garfield orders the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the U.S. to ''an envelope containing my reply to the letter of King Charles of Romania, announcing the erection of Romania into a Kingdom, &c, &c.'' Signed clearly ''James A. Garfield''. In 1878, following a Russian-Romanian-Turkish war, Romania was recognized as independent by the Treaty of Berlin. Charles was crowned as Carol, the first King of Romania, in 1881. Single page document is on blue paper with integral leaf. One diagonal mark, else very good condition.