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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Lot Description
TYLER, John (1790-1862). Partly printed document signed ("John Tyler"), as President, countersigned by William Wilkins (1779-1865), Secretary of War. 26 February 1845.
1 page, folio, 434 x 345 mm, on vellum, paper seal, docketed recto, creased, minor soiling, a few tiny holes along a few folds; custom slipcase.
Military commission, appointing Augustus Cook as Brevet Second Lieutenant of Dragoons. Accompanied by a partly engraved document, United States Military Academy diploma for Augustus Cook, appointing him to the Infantry or Dragoons in the U. S. Army, 26 June, 1844.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota