Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed as President, Sending a Letter to Czar Alexander II on "the 25th anniversary of his advent to the throne of Russia"

President Hayes congratulates Czar Alexander II on "the 25th anniversary of his advent to the throne of Russia"

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 8 x 10, February 12, 1880. President Hayes 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 the Czar of Russia, congratulating him on the 25th anniversary of his advent to the throne of Russia." Signed neatly at the conclusion in ink by President Rutherford B. Hayes. In fine condition.

Hayes’s congratulatory letter marked the silver jubilee of Czar Alexander II, whose reign had begun in 1855 and was internationally associated with sweeping reforms, most notably the emancipation of Russia’s serfs in 1861.