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[Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore
Signed Diplomatic Appointment
Washington, (D.C.), August 12, 1905. Large sheet, 19 x 23 in. (483 x 584 mm). Diplomatic appointment, in a secretarial hand, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, naming Howard S. Jones as Vice Consul of Paraguay at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; counter-signed by Acting Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee; white paper seal intact. Creasing from contemporary folds; mounting tape along top, bottom, and left recto edges. In frame with portrait of Roosevelt, 22 1/4 x 35 3/4 in. (565 x 908 mm).
Provenance
Private Collection
Sold for $1,008
Estimated at $500 - $800
Washington, (D.C.), August 12, 1905. Large sheet, 19 x 23 in. (483 x 584 mm). Diplomatic appointment, in a secretarial hand, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, naming Howard S. Jones as Vice Consul of Paraguay at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; counter-signed by Acting Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee; white paper seal intact. Creasing from contemporary folds; mounting tape along top, bottom, and left recto edges. In frame with portrait of Roosevelt, 22 1/4 x 35 3/4 in. (565 x 908 mm).
Provenance
Private Collection
