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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, January 3, 1888. President Cleveland authorizes and directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to an “envelope containing my letter addressed to M. Carnot on his election to the Presidency of the French Republic.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Grover Cleveland. In fine condition, with some tiny stains in the upper blank area.
Sadi Carnot (1837–1894) served as the President of France from December 1887 until his assassination in June 1894. Although his presidency was marked by repeated crises that exposed weaknesses in Third Republic politics, Carnot ultimately strengthened the presidency, was well received during regional tours, inaugurated the 1889 exposition celebrating the French Revolution, and helped secure a diplomatic rapprochement with Russia. At the height of his popularity, after delivering a banquet speech in Lyon in June 1894 that suggested he would not seek re-election, Carnot was stabbed by the Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio and died shortly after midnight on June 25th, becoming the first President of the Republic to die in office.
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