Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 11, February 28, 1865. President Lincoln appoints Edwin S. Condit at "Deputy Postmaster at Centralia, in the State of Illinois." Neatly signed at the conclusion in ink by President Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left is complete, but cracked at the center. Professionally repaired and restored to near-fine condition.
This significant document dates to just four days prior to President Lincoln's second inauguration, and just six weeks before his assassination by John Wilkes Booth. Seward would also be targeted in the assassination plot, and was nearly killed by Lewis Powell. A highly desirable, crisply signed Lincoln presidential appointment.
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