Auction Date:2011 Apr 13 @ 19:00 (UTC-5 : 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
TLS signed “W. McKinley,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, April 27, 1896. Letter to ex-Assistant Attorney General James Tyner. In full, “I note carefully what you say in yours of the 25th inst. and am very much obliged for your friendly interest. I think all will yet be well among my friends in Indiana, however they may differ as to certain phases of the canvass.” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in another hand to Tyner (stamp has been clipped from the envelope). Archivally shadow box framed with a gold-inlaid, sterling silver portrait plate issued in a limited edition by the Franklin Mint in the early-to-mid 1970s and the envelope to an overall size of 18 x 33.5. In fine condition, with a horizontal fold affecting tops of a few letters of signature.
Indiana was a key battle state in the 1896 presidential election, and McKinley made the correct assumption that “all will yet be well among my friends” in the Hoosier State. With the election now considered one of the most dramatic and complex in American history, McKinley was ready to curry the favor of any political ally, including the Indiana-born Tyner, who had served several presidential administrations. Since 1877, Tyner had held such positions as postmaster general, assistant postmaster general, and assistant attorney general within the Post Office Department—with charges of massive corruption following him nearly every step of the way.
A year after sending this letter, newly elected President McKinley re-appointed Tyner, the embattled friend who showed McKinley “friendly interest,” as assistant attorney general. It was while serving in that post that a 1902 investigation ordered by McKinley’s successor, President Theodore Roosevelt led to Tyner’s indictment. Although he was eventually acquitted, the case forced his resignation from office. Interesting correspondence from the future 25th president writing from a heated political battlefield. Oversized.
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