Beschreibung:

LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Military Appointment Signed as President. [Washington, D. C.], March 10, 1863. Engraved document on paper (parchment?) appointing William J. Ellis as “Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers with the rank of Captain”. Signed at bottom by Lincoln, and countersigned by Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869). With blue seal near upper left. Sight approximately 17 1/8 x 12 ½”. Matted and framed under plexiglass. Frame size approximately 27 ¾ x 23”. 1 vertical and 5 horizontal creases visible, a small chip visible at upper right corner, recorder’s ink notation at upper left, right margin neatly trimmed. Fine. Not examined out of frame.