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Choice partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 11 x 8, September 26, 1849. President Taylor appoints Andrew W. Johnson as "a Passed Midshipman in the Navy of the United States." Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by President Zachary Taylor and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy. In fine condition. Any Taylor presidential document is considerably scarce, as he served only 16 months before he died suddenly on July 9, 1850.
President Zachary Taylor's administration coincided with a period of modernization in the United States Navy, including the transition from sail to steam-powered ships. He valued the Navy's role in defending U.S. interests, particularly in safeguarding trade routes and supporting expansionist policies in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific. The appointee, Andrew Wallace Johnson, rose through the ranks and was a lieutenant when the Civil War began. He served on the sloop Savannah in the North Blockading Squadron in 1861 and in 1862 on the steam-sloop Saranac in the Pacific Squadron. He rose to lieutenant commander in 1862, serving in the Pacific on the Lancaster in 1864 and then in the South Atlantic Blocking Squadron in 1864-65.
From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert.
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