Sought-after partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 11.25, dated 1800. President Adams appoints Samuel Swett as a "First Lieutenant of a company of volunteer Cavalry, in the Provisional Army, who have associated, at Poland and New Gloucester, in the State of Massachusetts." Prominently signed at the conclusion by Adams, and countersigned by Samuel Dexter as secretary of war. Mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait of Adams to an overall size of 30.5 x 18.5. In very good condition, with the seal missing, some stray black marks, and heavy wrinkling along the intersecting folds. Note: the image makes it appear that the document has tape along its edges, but in fact these are plastic tabs gently holding the document in the display.
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