LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President . Engraved document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Washington, D.C., 1 April 1862. 1 page, folio, 475 x 365 mm. (19 x 14 1/2 in.), PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT, papered seal of the United States at lower center, matted and glazed in a giltwood frame, elaborately engraved (by the American Bank Note Company) with an American eagle perched on a rock with two sailing ships in background, large calligraphic legend "President of the United States of America," and, at bottom, a group of mermaids, tritons and winged horses above a group of crossed flags, cannons and other military paraphernalia, accomplished in manuscript. A RARE MARINE CORPS APPOINTMENT, using the same printed form as for Naval commissions. President Lincoln and Secretary Welles appoint Henry J. Bishop a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, to serve "according to the Rules and Discipline of the Navy." Fine condition. Marine Corps appointments signed by Lincoln are extremely rare.
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President . Engraved document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Washington, D.C., 1 April 1862. 1 page, folio, 475 x 365 mm. (19 x 14 1/2 in.), PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT, papered seal of the United States at lower center, matted and glazed in a giltwood frame, elaborately engraved (by the American Bank Note Company) with an American eagle perched on a rock with two sailing ships in background, large calligraphic legend "President of the United States of America," and, at bottom, a group of mermaids, tritons and winged horses above a group of crossed flags, cannons and other military paraphernalia, accomplished in manuscript. A RARE MARINE CORPS APPOINTMENT, using the same printed form as for Naval commissions. President Lincoln and Secretary Welles appoint Henry J. Bishop a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, to serve "according to the Rules and Discipline of the Navy." Fine condition. Marine Corps appointments signed by Lincoln are extremely rare.
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