Box 1A
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter from Joseph Medill (letterhead: Mayor's Office, Chicago) to Ulysses S. Grant, 1873-04-01
Item — Box: 1A, Folder: 2.4.1
Scope and Contents
"An executive order was promulgated on the 17th of January 1873 against the holding of state or municipal offices by federal appointees after the 4th of March 1873. Under this order it would be illegal for me to continue to hold the office of commissioner of the Civil Service Board, unless I resign the Mayoralty of Chicago. Not feeling that it would be expedient to do the latter at present, I therefore tender my resignation of the appointment ..."
Dates:
1873-04-01