Civil War–dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19, December 21, 1864. President Lincoln appoints James W. Whittaker as "a Chief Engineer in the Navy." Signed at the conclusion in ink by President Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. The orange seal affixed at the bottom remains intact. In very good condition, with small areas of loss along the toned folds, some sticky mounting residue on the back, and skipping and fading to parts of Welles' and Lincoln's signatures.
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