Lot 128
Frances F. Cleveland, Two free franks, first "Frances F. Cleveland" on 1912 cover addressed in her hand to Mrs. Larkin in Buffalo, N.Y. with "Princeton, N.J. Nov 26, 1912" machine cancellation; second "Frances F. Cleveland Preston, Free" on 1939 cover addressed in her hand to her husband Dr. T. F. Preston Jr. in Tamworth, N.H. with "Princeton N.J. May 29 1939" machine cancellation, a Very Fine and choice pair.
Estimate 200 - 300
Frances F. Cleveland married Grover Cleveland on June 2, 1886 in the Blue Room of the Executive Mansion. They were the first and only first couple to do so. At age 21, she was the youngest American First Lady. After Grover's death in 1908, she remarried on February 10, 1913 to Thomas J. Preston, Jr., a professor of archaeology, and remained a figure of note in the Princeton community until she died. After this date she started franking her mail with Preston.
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