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Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 18.25, February 22, 1865. President Lincoln appoints William H. Kellogg as "Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers with the rank of Captain in the service of the United States." Signed at the conclusion in ink by President Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The blue seal affixed at the upper left is worn but remains present. Corner-mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 21.5 x 25. In good to very good condition, with moderate to heavy scattered staining, dampstaining affecting both signatures (Stanton is virtually obliterated; Lincoln's remains fully legible), and professional repairs to damage in the upper left corner area.
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