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Rutherford B. Hayes Signature on a Partly Printed Order Sheet Requesting 100 Copies of William D. Kelley's Speech on Suffrage ...
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Future President Hayes orders 100 copies of a speech in support of black suffrage in the District of Columbia
Rutherford B. Hayes Signature on a Partly Printed Order Sheet Requesting 100 Copies of William D. Kelley's Speech on Suffrage for Blacks in the District of Columbia. One page, 8.25" x 13.5", Washington, D.C., circa January 10, 1866. At top, the order sheet has been engrossed "Speech of William D. Kelley of the State of Pennsylvania, on Suffrage in the District of Columbia. Delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives Jany 10th, 1866." Kelley, Representative from Pennsylvania, introduced a bill at this 39th Session of Congress to secure suffrage for blacks living in the D.C. area, and this is likely the speech delivered introducing the legislation.Kelley's signature, requesting 5000 copies, is the first listed. Hayes, in his second year as Congressman from Ohio, adds his signature further along in the first column requesting 100 copies. Other notable signers include Union General Nathaniel P. Banks, who orders 100 copies as a Congressman from Massachusetts; and Thaddeus Stevens, ordering 200 copies as Representative of Pennsylvania. Light soiling and period notations in pencil, otherwise very good.
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2010 February Signature Historical Manuscripts Auction #6039 (go to Auction Home page)
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February, 2010
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