Books and Manuscripts

Cleveland, Grover
Washington, D.C., January 21, 1895. Partially-printed military commission on vellum, signed by Grover Cleveland, as president, appointing Joseph B. Parker Medical Inspector in the Navy with the relative rank of Commander; counter-signed by Secretary of the Navy, Hilary A. Herbert; embossed blue United State Navy Department seal at bottom. Secretarial MS. error at bottom, with "ninety" ommited before "five" in written year; creasing from original folds. 19 3/8 x 15 1/2 in. (492 x 394 mm).

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McKinley, William
Washington, D.C., July 2, 1898. Partially-printed military commission on vellum, signed by William McKinley, as president, appointing Joseph B. Parker Medical Director in the Navy with the relative rank of Captain; counter-signed by Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long; embossed dark blue United States Navy Department seal at bottom. Creasing from original folds. 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (521 x 368 mm).

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Taft, William Howard
Washington, D.C., April 13, 1911. Partially-printed military commission on vellum, signed by William H. Taft, as president, appointing Joseph B. Parker Medical Director in the the Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral, on the Retired List; counter-signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy, Burton Winthrop; embossed blue United States Navy Department seal at bottom, some points creased. Line "have nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate" crossed out in a secretarial hand; creasing from original folds. 19 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (489 x 387 mm).

Fine examples of three military commissions tracking the long career of Joseph B. Parker, apparently never framed or displayed.