Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 16.25, June 27, 1856. President Pierce appoints Weld Noble Allen as "Midshipman in the Navy of the United States." Signed at the conclusion by Pierce, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin. Orange naval department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with light overall staining and wrinkling, and a small area of vellum loss at one intersection of folds. Accompanied by a partly-printed vellum United States Naval Academy certificate of graduation for Allen, who would earn further distinction by serving in the Civil War and attaining the rank of lieutenant commander on January 2, 1863.
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