Benjamin Harrison/President/Signed Pension Referral as Senator 1882

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Benjamin Harrison/President/Signed Pension Referral as Senator 1882:
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Benjamin Harrison (1833 – 1901), American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893.
During the American Civil War,Harrison served in the Union Army as a colonel, and on February 14, 1865, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers, effective January 23, 1865. Harrison also served in the U.S. Senate from 1881 to 1887.
On the reverse of a letter asking Benjamin Harrison to look after a pension claim, the signature of Benjamin Harrison, as Senator, to acknowledge referral of the claim, dated June 14, 1882.
The paper is folded, discolored/marked, and torn along the left edge.Thesignedreferralcomes from the archives of the noted Raab Collection. A Raab Collection Letter of Authenticity will be provided.