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Jun 25 | 11:00 AM EDT
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Sale 5890
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$300 – $500
Buchanan, James
Partially-Printed Document, signed
Washington, (D.C.): April 19, 1858. Partially-printed military commission, signed by President James Buchanan, appointing Joseph Wilson Jr., a surgeon in the United States Navy; counter-signed by Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey. Orange paper seal intact at bottom. Creasing from old folds. Approximately 16 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (422 x 359 mm). In mat with brass medallion of Buchanan, and unexamined out of frame, 25 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (641 x 476 mm).
A handsome example.
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