AVELLANEDA NICOLAS: (1837-1885) President of Argentina 1874-80. Ink signature ('N Avellaneda') and lengthy ...

AVELLANEDA NICOLAS: (1837-1885) President of Argentina 1874-80. Ink signature ('N Avellaneda') and lengthy inscription to one page of a piece of 4to printed stationery from the President of Argentina, dated Buenos Aires, 9th August 1879 in his hand. The inscription, in Spanish, states 'Greetings from the Argentine Republic to the distinguished and venerable lady who makes a collection of autographs, and I present to her the sincere homage of my personal respect'. With integral leaf featuring an English translation in an unidentified hand in purple indelible pencil. Inscribed to Mary Ford, wife of Sir Francis Clare Ford, and with an A.N.S., F. C. Ford, by him to the lower left corner, 'Autograph of Senor Avellaneda, President of the Argentine Republic in 1878-1879 when I was H. M.'s Minister at Buenos Aires'. Together with an 8vo page of manuscript notes, unsigned, in the hand of Mary Ford, being English extracts from a letter of Avellaneda's to Francis Clare Ford on his arrival in Buenos Aires to present his credentials to the President, August 1879. Lightly laid down to a card and also featuring a small English newspaper article relating to Avellaneda. Some light age wear, G to VG, 2 Sir Francis Clare Ford (1828-1899) English Diplomat who served as Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina 1878-79 and later as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil 1879-81 and Ambassador to Spain 1887-92.