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1894 CHARLES CURTIS US Senate Handwritten Letter VP Hoover Native American FDR
$ 92.39
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Offered is a fantastic 1894 very early career handwritten letter signed by future Vice President to Herbert Hoover, Charles Curtis.He served as the 31st Vice President
of the US
from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Kaw Nation
born in the Kansas Territory
, Curtis was the first person with significant Native
American
ancestry and the first person with acknowledged non-European ancestry to reach either of the highest offices in the federal executive branch
. He is the highest-ranking enrolled Native American ever to serve in the federal government. He is the most recent Executive Branch officer to have been born in a territory rather than a state. Measures 6.25 x 7.5". Has small amounts of glue residue on back corners.
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