Auction 739 April.

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, March 9, 1885. President Cleveland authorizes and directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to an "envelope containing my letter to His Majesty the King of Corea." Crisply signed at the conclusion in ink by President Grover Cleveland. In fine condition, with light creasing in the top blank area.

This document dates to the opening days of Grover Cleveland’s first presidential term and reflects a formative period in United States–Korea relations, at a time when the United States was expanding its diplomatic presence in East Asia. Formal relations between the United States and the Kingdom of Korea (then commonly spelled “Corea”) had been established only a few years earlier with the Joseon–United States Treaty of 1882—the first treaty between Korea and a Western nation.

ALS as president, one page both sides, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 16, 1886. Handwritten letter to Don M. Dickinson of Detroit, Michigan, in full: "An application is too strongly pressed upon me to appoint Romeyn of Detroit's Consul to Valparaiso Chile. I think you know him somewhat. He used to be in the Michigan Legislature I believe. This Consul is quite an important one and I want you to tell me confidentially all you know of this man and all you can find out — good, bad and indifferent. Please let me hear from you as soon as possible.” In fine condition.

Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846–1917) was a Detroit attorney and one of Cleveland's closest political allies, having been an early and active supporter of his 1884 presidential campaign. At the time of this letter, Dickinson was a member of the Democratic National Committee from Michigan. Two years later, in January 1888, Cleveland appointed him Postmaster General, the position he held through the end of Cleveland's first term. Dickinson County, Michigan, organized in 1891, was named in his honor.

TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10, Gray Gables letterhead, August 4, 1892. Letter to Joseph Oberfelder, in full: "I desire through you to express to the Cleveland club of Cheyenne county my thanks for their kind congratulations upon my nomination for the presidency. I am especially pleased with the earnest pledge of support which your letter contains. Hoping that we may be able as Democrats to congratulate each other on the outcome in November next." In very good to fine condition, with light chipping to the bottom edge, and a small stain to the left of the signature.