Frank E. Rue letter, Houston, Texas, to Ross Rue, Alliance, Ohio, 1896 November 23 : manuscript.

Houston, Texas, 1896 November 23.

1 item (2 leaves)

English

In English.

Purchased from Halvor Americana on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2011.

This material is open for research.

Frank E. Rue (1869-1943) was an architect in Texas, circa 1896.

Autograph letter, signed, from Frank E. Rue to his uncle Ross Rue. Ross Rue was an acquaintance of William McKinley, then president-elect of the United States. Frank E. Rue requested that his uncle ask McKinley to appoint his friend James Blair Keefer the postmaster of Houston, Texas, describing Keefer as a loyal member of the Texas Republican Party. McKinley later appointed Seth B. Strong instead, who served as Houston postmaster from 1898 until 1912.

January 16, 2018

Frank E. Rue Letter to Ross Rue. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Frank E. Rue Letter to Ross Rue. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.