Lot
1731 
Frances F. Cleveland Preston (1864-1947), free frank on postcard to Chicago, postmarked Tamworth, N.H. Jul. 21, 1947, card forwarded within Illinois, handwritten message on reverse blacked out with felt pen, otherwise Very Fine.Estimate $100 - 150.
Frances Clara Cleveland Preston was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 until 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She is the only first lady in U.S. history to have served in the role during two non-consecutive terms. Grover died in 1908, and Frances was left to raise their four remaining children alone. She refused the pension to which she was legally entitled as a widowed first lady, but she did accept the franking privilege that was offered to presidential widows in 1909.
Frances Cleveland remarried Thomas Preston, professor of archaeology and acting president at Wells College, on February 10, 1913.