Author: McCORMICK, Robert S. (1849-1919)
Title: Autograph Fragment (Unsigned)
Description: Grandson of inventor Robert McCormick, nephew of reaper inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick, father of editors Joseph Medill McCormick and "Colonel" Robert R. McCormick -- this career diplomat joined the State Department in 1887, serving as U.S. ambassador to Austria-Hungary (1902), Russia (1902-05) and France (1905-07), although according to one journalist McCormick's "career as a dilettante diplomat took a backseat to his more serious pursuit of alcohol.." Autograph Fragment (unsigned) on printed calling card, heavy stock 3" X 1½", London, England, n.y. Near fine. Handsome italic "Mr. Robert McCormick" printed at center, and beneath this McCormick has penned in brown ink in his small, neat hand "Hotel Belgravia / Victoria Street, S.W." Likely dates from early in his State Department career, else a title such as "Ambassador" would have preceded his name. The card bears a heavy printed black border or "mourning rule," but since it's difficult to assign a date to this it's also difficult to determine what death in his family would have occasioned the mourning border. The Victoria Street area of southwest London is appropriate, as it was chock full of foreign embassies and McCormick must have been on some State Department assignment there. Not signed, alas, but a most unusual item nevertheless. .
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Title: Autograph Fragment (Unsigned)
Description: Grandson of inventor Robert McCormick, nephew of reaper inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick, father of editors Joseph Medill McCormick and "Colonel" Robert R. McCormick -- this career diplomat joined the State Department in 1887, serving as U.S. ambassador to Austria-Hungary (1902), Russia (1902-05) and France (1905-07), although according to one journalist McCormick's "career as a dilettante diplomat took a backseat to his more serious pursuit of alcohol.." Autograph Fragment (unsigned) on printed calling card, heavy stock 3" X 1½", London, England, n.y. Near fine. Handsome italic "Mr. Robert McCormick" printed at center, and beneath this McCormick has penned in brown ink in his small, neat hand "Hotel Belgravia / Victoria Street, S.W." Likely dates from early in his State Department career, else a title such as "Ambassador" would have preceded his name. The card bears a heavy printed black border or "mourning rule," but since it's difficult to assign a date to this it's also difficult to determine what death in his family would have occasioned the mourning border. The Victoria Street area of southwest London is appropriate, as it was chock full of foreign embassies and McCormick must have been on some State Department assignment there. Not signed, alas, but a most unusual item nevertheless. .
Keywords: Business Government & Politics
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 28618
- Book number: 28618
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