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Uncommon archive of 20 partly-printed DSs as president, signed "R. B. Hayes," all one page, 8 x 10, dated from March 14, 1877, to January 21, 1881. Includes warrants for pardons, proclamations of significant treaties, and the sending of diplomatic correspondence to fellow heads of state. In overall fine condition.
Complete list:
1. DS as President, July 7, 1877 - Warrant for affixing the seal of the United States to an envelope containing a letter to Marshal MacMahon, President of the French Republic.
2. DS as President, August 11, 1877 - Warrant for the conditional pardon of Leopold Eith.
3. DS as President, August 14, 1877 - Warrant for the pardon of Cornelius J. Kelley.
4. DS as President, February 4, 1878 - Warrant for the pardon of Henry C. Chappell.
5. DS as President, February 6, 1878 - Warrant authorizing Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Alderson to receive into custody Martin Bergin, a fugitive from justice.
6. DS as President, February 12, 1878 - Warrant for the ratification and proclamation of the Treaty of January 17, 1878, between the United States and the Government of the Samoan Islands.
7. DS as President, May 28, 1878 - Warrant for the ratification of the Metrical Convention concluded in May, 1875.
8. DS as President, July 30, 1878 - Warrant for affixing the seal of the United States to a letter to Muhammad Essadek, Basha Bey, of Tunis.
9. DS as President, September 25, 1878 - Warrant for the proclamation of the consular convention between the United States and Italy, signed May 8, 1878.
10. DS as President, May 10, 1879 - Warrant for the pardon of Isetta Hemmons.
11. DS as President, May 17, 1879 - Warrant for the pardon of Dempsey Jaco.
12. DS as President, June 17, 1879 - Warrant for a proclamation of the declaration concerning trademarks between the United States and Brazil, signed September 24, 1878.
13. DS as President, July 22, 1879 - Warrant for affixing the seal of the United States to an envelope containing a letter of recall addressed to "Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland," Queen Victoria.
14. DS as President, May 6, 1880 - Warrant for affixing the seal of the United States to an envelope containing a ceremonial letter to President Guzman Blanco of Venezuela.
15. DS as President, June 8, 1880 - Warrant for affixing the seal of the United States to an envelope containing a ceremonial letter to His Highness Abdul Mumin, Sultan of Borneo.
16. DS as President, June 9, 1880 - Warrant for affixing the seal of the United States to an envelope containing a letter to the King of the Belgians accrediting James O. Putnam as Minister Resident.
17. DS as President, August 27, 1880 - Warrant for the extradition of L. Charles Zink from Canada upon a charge of forgery committed in Ohio.
18. DS as President, November 9, 1880 - Warrant for the pardon of Oscar Snow, John McConnell, Charles Busk, and John McDonald.
19. DS as President, November 13, 1880 - Warrant for the pardon of Frederick Holt.
20. DS as President, March 2, 1881 - Warrant for a power given to Eugene Schuyler, chargé d'affaires in Bucharest, to negotiate and sign conventions of commerce.
