William McKinley
Washington D.C., October 1, 1899
William McKinley Appoints Attorney of the U.S. for District of Columbia.
Partly-printed DS as President, 1p, 20" x 16", October 1, 1899. President McKinley appoints Thomas H. Anderson as ?Attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia.? Signed boldly at the conclusion by William McKinley and countersigned by Attorney General John W. Griggs. The lower left is embossed with the Department of Justice seal. In very good to fine condition, with slightly irregular faint toning, a stain to the upper left corner, and chipping and loss to the edges which could easily be matted out.

Thomas Henry Anderson (1848-1916) was an Ohio native who had one daughter, Perie, with his wife, Laura B. Augustine of Pennsylvania. In the 1870s and 1880s, Anderson was an attorney in Cambridge, Ohio. He later served as U.S. Minister to Bolivia from 1889 to 1893, and he wrote a book about that country. Afterward, he worked as an attorney in the District of Columbia from 1893 to 1899 and then became a U.S. Attorney in D.C. From 1901 until his death, he served as a U.S. District Court Judge in D.C.

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20" x 16"