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Auction: 315 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 544

Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) Thirty-first President of the United States (1929-33) as the country was overtaken by the Great Depression; overwhelmingly defeated for re-election; earlier served as U.S. Food Administrator and Secretary of Commerce. Partly-printed Manuscript Document Signed "Herbert Hoover" as President, 1 page, large folio, ca. 23" x 19", Washington, May 16, 1930. Countersigned by "Henry L Stimson" as Secretary of State. President Hoover appoints "Edward Mead of California....a member of the Commission to study and report on the Conservation and Administration of the Public Domain..." Intact seal at lower left. Age toning around edges and some wet paper wrinkling, otherwise overall VF+ condition.

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