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Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln appoints a Captain exactly one month before his assassination

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Lincoln appoints a Captain exactly one month before his assassination

DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18.5, March 15, 1865. President Lincoln appoints H. L. Gilmore “Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers with the rank of Captain.” Signed at the conclusion by Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Stanton. In very good condition, with heavy overall wrinkling from moisture exposure, all writing light and washed out looking but legible, worn seal, some soiling, and a few small cracks to document from fragile condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #300 - Ended August 17, 2005