Clipped Autograph of Hamilton Fish

framed. near fine. Clipped autograph of American statesman and United States secretary of state Hamilton Fish. Clipped inscription reads, "Very Respectfully Yours Hamilton Fish". Above in frame is a portrait etching circa 1869. Please inquire for more information.

Hamilton Fish was an American statesman who served as the sixteenth governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States senator from New York from 1851 to 1857, and the 26th U.S. secretary of state from 1869 to 1877. Fish was the most trusted advisor to President Ulysses S. Grant and recognized as the pillar of Grant's presidency. He is considered one of the nation's most effective (truncated) U.S. secretaries of state by scholars, known for his judiciousness and efforts towards reform and diplomatic moderation. (Inventory #: 328526)