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Offered is a President Grover Cleveland Signed 8x10 Document– Fur Seal Legislation, PSA/DNA Authenticated.This is historically significant partly-printed presidential documentsigned by Grover Cleveland on April 14, 1896, during his second term in office.Measuring 8\" x 10\" and printed on Executive Mansion letterhead, thisdirective instructs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the UnitedStates to Cleveland’s proclamation enforcing the Act of Congress of February21, 1893, which addressed the killing of fur seals in the Bering Sea.
Neatly signed by President Cleveland at the conclusion, thedocument is in fine condition, with a printed copy of the related proclamationincluded.
This letter pertains to Proclamation 385, a key step inregulating the overharvesting of fur-bearing animals in Alaska and the BeringSea. The legislation aimed to curb unsustainable seal hunting practices,particularly by foreign vessels, and played a role in escalating tensionsbetween the United States and Great Britain—culminating in the Bering SeaArbitration of 1893. The conflict nearly led to war and ultimately laid thegroundwork for the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911, the firstinternational treaty focused on wildlife conservation.
This letter is Certified by PSA/DNAincludes theirtamper-proof hologram and a full Letter of Authentication, ensuring itsprovenance and value.
