Complimentary Dinner to Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice President United States, Thursday, June 25th, 1885

Boston: Kiley, Printer, 7 Spring Lane, 1885. Bi-fold menu (13.5 x 12 cm.), [4] pages. Illustrated. Engraved menu, for a banquet given for Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks, former Senator from and Governor of Indiana. Hendricks was the 21st Vice President, lasting a mere 8 months in office, from March 4th through November 25th, 1885. This dinner was given by the Bay State Club at the famous Parker House. In the few short months he had left, Hendricks was to give a controversial speech in support of Irish independence, and head of the Boston machine politician Martin Lomasney was to name the Hendricks Club after him. The light tan card stock boards sport a gilt-edged circular medallion with an engraving of the Vice President. The card is lightly dusty, and with the slightest of abrasions at the corners. Otherwise near fine. Signed by the Hendricks on the front panel, below the portrait medallion.