Auction Date:2011 Oct 12 @ 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 as president signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, lightly-lined, 5.5 x 9, Executive Mansion letterhead, October 10, 1877. Hayes writes Major C. C. Shiffen. In part: “In complying with your request of this date to be relieved from further duty at the Executive Mansion and assigned to a position in the office of the Paymaster General…I desire to express my acknowledgment of your valuable service during so long a time in the Executive Office…I shall always be grateful to hear of your continued…success.” Matted with a colorized portrait and framed to an overall size of 17.5 x 14. Light creasing, toning, and areas of soiling, otherwise fine condition.
The major had clearly earned the respect of newly inaugurated President Hayes, who had been in office only seven months when he learned of his officer’s departure. During his tenure as the 19th chief executive, Hayes is credited with having ended federal military occupation of the South and bringing the Reconstruction era to a close. An admirable piece of correspondence as the commander in chief expresses sincere admiration for Shiffen’s “valuable service during so long a time in the Executive Office.”
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