Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 16, February 13, 1846. President Polk appoints William Chapman as “Captain in the Fifth Regiment of Infantry in service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by James K. Polk and countersigned by Secretary of War William L. Marcy. The upper left retains the original white War Office seal. In fine condition.
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