800. SCHUYLER COLFAX (1832-1885) Speaker of the House during the Civil War and Grant's vice president whose career was ruined by his involvement in the "Credit Mobilier" scandal. D.S." Schuyler Colfax" as Vice President, 1p. 8vo., Dec. 13, 1869, assigning reporter J.B. Stillman to seat no. 4 in the "'Reporter's Gallery'... for the purpose of reporting for the N. Y. World". Horizontal fold goes through signature, otherwise very good. $100-150