Civil War–dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18 x 14, August 10, 1861. President Lincoln appoints Theodore D. Edwards of Kentucky as “Consul of the United States of America at Demerara.” Signed at the conclusion by Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State William Seward. Paper seal to the lower left is absent. Professionally cleaned and backed, with traces of intersecting folds and areas of slight paper loss, otherwise fine condition; presents as an especially clean, crisp document with an outstanding Lincoln presidential signature. It is unclear what exactly became of Edwards—a memo from Seward to Lincoln from September 17, 1861, advised that Edwards’s commission be revoked, apparently due to an accusation of disloyalty. However, nearly a year later, on July 21, 1862, the London Gazette published a statement that the Queen had approved the appointment of Edwards as Consul at Demerara, which was then a county of British Guiana. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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