Civil War-dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18.5 x 15, January 21, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Sebastian S. Marble as "Collector of Customs for the District of Waldoborough, in the state of Maine." Signed at the conclusion by Lincoln, and countersigned by Salmon P. Chase as secretary of the treasury. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and splitting along intersecting folds; the signature is clear, bold, and unaffected. Sebastian Streeter Marble served as collector of customs for the Waldoboro district from 1862 to 1863, and then from 1864 to 1867. A delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864 and 1880, Marble later served as the 41st Governor of Maine. A day before signing this commission, Lincoln instructed Arkansas commander General Frederick Steele to permit elections following the adoption of the state's new antislavery constitution.
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