Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 17, May 26, 1824. President Monroe appoints C. H. Van Brunt as a “Surgeon’s Mate in the Navy, in the service of the United States.” Signed crisply at the conclusion by James Monroe and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Samuel L. Southard. The beige Navy Department seal remains affixed to the lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with overall light soiling and light toning.
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