Washington, (D.C.), June 1, 1857. One sheet folded to make four pages, 10 x 8 1/4 in. (254 x 209 mm). Printed presidential order, signed by Buchanan, directing "the Secretary of State," Lewis Cass, "to affix the Seal of the United States to the remission granted to Lewis Putnam;" docketed in pencil on verso; creasing from contemporary folds.