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Lot #90
William McKinley Document Signed as President, Appointing a Lieutenant

Estimate: $400+

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Description

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 19.5, January 16, 1899. President McKinley appoints Charles B. Gwynn as "Second Lieutenant in the Third Volunteer Engineers in the service of the United States." Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by President William McKinley and countersigned by Secretary of War Russel A. Alger. The embossed blue seal affixed at the lower left remains intact. In fine condition, with a small chip to the left edge.

From the collection of Mark S. Robbins.

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