Theodore Roosevelt Signed Appointment as Governor
This signed document entails the appointment of Albert Foster to Commissioner for Jefferson County, New York on April 22, 1899. Foster was a veteran of the Civil War, having served with 35th New York Volunteers until June 6, 1863, and the 16th New York Artillery through the end of the war. After an honorable discharge from the army on August 5, 1865, Foster raised livestock, farmed, and became involved in local government.
In 1899, while Roosevelt was still Governor of New York, Albert Foster was appointed Commissioner, given a second term, and resigned in 1906 to take a position in the Assembling Committees: Excise Affairs of Villages, and Fisheries and Game.
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