Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.25 x 17.25, June 18, 1810. President Madison appoints John Gassaway as "a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Core in the Service of the United States." Neatly signed at the conclusion by Madison and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton. The crisply embossed Department of the Navy seal affixed at the bottom remains fully intact. Also includes a clipped signature, "James Madison," with "Department of State" penned in another hand (likely removed from a free frank). Impressively mounted, matted, and framed together with a portrait and plaque to an overall size of 32 x 25.5. In very good to fine condition, with an old tape stain to the irregularly clipped signature, and light toning along the document's intersecting folds.
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