PROMOTED BY PRESIDENTS
4 4 3
●
(MI L I TARY—S PANI SH
AMERICAN WAR.) McKINLEY,
WILLIAM.
Four partially printed pro-
motions, accomplished by hand for
Samuel Louis Franklin Piper, an
African American officer.
All four are
printed on vellum, size varies, approxi-
mately 14 x 18 inches.
SIGNED BY GROVER
CLEVELAND
,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
(
TWICE
),
&
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
.
Washington, D.C. 1893, 1898, 1900, and
1909
[4,000/6,000]
An exceptional collection of promotions for an
apparently exceptional officer. Piper’s first
appointment was to second lieutenant, signed
by Grover Cleveland and his Secretary of War,
Daniel Scott Lamont; his second promotion
signed by William McKinley and his Secretary
of War Russell A. Alger to Captain He was
promoted again to Major by McKinley, signed
as well by Elihu Root as Secretary of War —
and finally by William Howard Taft, in 1909.
Strangely enough, we could find nothing out
about this.
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444
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(MILITARY—SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.) NINTH CAVALRY.
Company
E., 9th Cavalry.
Group photograph, silver print 7
1
⁄
2
x 9
3
⁄
4
inches image size, matted and
framed. (WGC)
Np, circa 1890’s
[700/1,000]
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