McKinley, William:
$1,000 · Offered by William Reese Company
[PARTIALLY-PRINTED DOCUMENT, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES ON A LETTER TO QUEEN ... An order signed by President William McKinley, authorizing the Secretary of State "to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to the envelope containing my reply to the letter of the Queen of Great Britain announcing the birth of a Princess." Partially printed, the document is completed in typescript and signed by McKinley. It is likely that the announcement was for Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), Queen Victoria's great-granddaughter and daughter of King George V.
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