Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 13 x 8.5, March 4, 1823. President Monroe appoints Peter Turner as "a Midshipman in the Navy of the United States." Signed crisply at the conclusion by President Monroe, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Samuel Southard. The embossed white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains fully intact. In very good to fine condition, with light toning and staining, and clipped lower corner tips. Peter Turner (1803-71) spent his entire career in the U.S. Navy serving in both the Mexican and Civil Wars. He became a Commodore in 1863. This was the first U.S. Navy Commission issued to the future Commodore.
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