Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.5 x 19.25, April 13, 1911. President Taft appoints Franklin J. Drake as a "Rear Admiral in the Navy on the Retired List." Signed at the conclusion by William H. Taft, and countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop. Original blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to the lower vignette. In fine condition. A descendant of the Royal Navy's Admiral Sir Bernard Drake, Franklin Jeremiah Drake (1846–1929) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy who fought in the American Civil War and the United States expedition to Korea.
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