U. S. Grant

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.25 x 14, December 15, 1874. President Grant appoints Thomas Coggeshall as "Postmaster at Newport, in the County of Newport, State of Rhode Island." Nicely signed at the conclusion in ink by President Ulysses S. Grant and countersigned by Postmaster General Marshall Jewell. The red seal affixed at the lower left remains fully intact. In fine condition, with light toning from prior display.