1 page, oblong folio, 259 x 407 mm, docketed recto, blind seal, separations and minor chipping to a few creases, some minor soiling. Provenance: Charles Davis (typescript letter, 1928). 

Appointing Seraphim Masi as "First Lieutenant of Infy. 2d Reg. 3 Brig" in the Militia of the District of Columbia.  Seraphim Masi was an American silversmith who worked in Washington D. C.  He was commissioned to create the second Treaty Seal of the United States in 1825 which was in use until 1871, when the government stopped the use of pendant seals and retired the die, which is now held by the National Archives.  Several skippets, created to protect the official wax seals, are attributed to Masi as well, including several gold skippets for Commodore Perry's expedition to China in 1852. Masi also had a contract to regulate and repair the clocks of the United States Senate.