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Sep 23 | 6:00 AM EDT
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| Philadelphia
Sale 5657
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$800 – $1,200
Washington, D.C., December 20, 1866. Partially-printed military commission on vellum, signed by Andrew Johnson, as president, appointing Joseph B. Parker Assistant Surgeon in the Navy; counter-signed by Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles; embossed orange United States Navy Department seal at bottom, points soiled. Creasing from original folds. 19 1/2 x 15 5/8 in. (495 x 397 mm).
A fine example, seemingly never framed or displayed.
![[Presidential] Johnson, Andrew Signed Military Commission](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/bb2bae3d-f28e-4947-82e2-4dd6013c14f6?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)