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Historical Political Cut Signature Confusion

Please forgive my ignorance if there is a simple answer. Why does PMG (1905- 1907) George B. Cortelyou's name appear Under Secretary of the Navy*(or) US Attorney General*Charles Joseph Bonaparte's signature? what I could imagine was a correspondence letter. THANK YOU

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 10, 2018 at 12:56pm

Borrowed stationary?

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Permalink Reply by Jason Toney on February 10, 2018 at 1:37pm

maby the letter was written to George. I have a Nixon letter somewhere and under his signature and to the left is the name and address of the person he wrote to

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 10, 2018 at 1:39pm

Hi Jason, That close?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 10, 2018 at 1:57pm

I think Jason might be correct.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Toney on February 10, 2018 at 2:01pm

not as close as the one you posted. the address at the lower corner is 1 inch away from Sincerely and a half inch away from the signature

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 10, 2018 at 2:05pm

This is a poster child for the unfortunate practice of making "cuts". Context, meaning - all gone/unavailable.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Coffey on February 10, 2018 at 3:08pm

I have cut signatures from the 1900s and I never understood why they would cut out the signature from a hand crafted note or typed letter. I'd imagine it would be a lot more meaningful to read their letters and keep the autograph as a complete piece.