Cleveland, Grover. Document signed as President, 4 May 1894....

Click the image to load the highest resolution version.

Sold on Apr 18, 2016 for:

$510.00 Bid Source: Internet bidder

Get one of these:

Share this lot

Track Item Printable Auction Results

Sell One of These

Description

Auction Info

Guides & Info

Description

Cleveland, Grover. Document signed as President, 4 May 1894. Document signed ("Grover Cleveland") as President, 1 page (8 x 10 in.; 203 x 254 mm.), Executive Mansion, Washington, 4 May 1894, being a partly-printed document authorizing the Secretary of State to sign an agreement for a Modus Vivendi between the U.S. and Russia. Docketed on verso in an unknown hand, "4th May, 1894 Full Power to the Secy. of State to sign an agreement for a Modus Vivendi betwn the U.S. & Russia". Fine condition. Grover Cleveland authorizes the Secretary of State to sign an agreement for a Modus Vivendi between the United States and Russia. The document reads in full: I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to my Full Power authorizing the Secretary of State to sign an Agreement for a Modus Vivendi between the United States and Russia, dated this day, and signed by me; and for so doing this shall be his warrant. Grover Cleveland In diplomacy, modus vivendi is an instrument for establishing an international accord of a temporary or provisional nature, intended to be replaced by a more substantial and thorough agreement, such as a treaty.