Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 19.75, October 16, 1905. President Roosevelt appoints John M. Orchard as a "Commander in the Navy." Signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt, and countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Hial Darling. Blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower left. In fine condition, with a strip of toning along the lower edge. Naval documents signed by President Roosevelt are among the most desirable given his brief yet notable tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
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