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all folio, partially printed on velum. Includes his 1890 appointment as Deputy Paymaster General of the United States Army, signed by Bejamin Harrison; his appointment as Lieutenant Colonel with a Brevet for meritorius service in action against Indians under Crazy Horse, on the Powder River, Montana, March 17, 1876, signed by Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1895; and his appointment as Paymaster General of the United States with rank of Brigadier General, signed by Grover Cleveland, March 25, 1895. Along with a laquered metal tube used to send an appointment, bearing the label of the Secretary of War and hand-addressed to Stanton. Also includes a photograph of his appointment as Adjutant Paymaster signed by Abraham Lincoln. Provenance: Collected by Thaddeus Stanton, 'The Fighting Paymaster' Condition: Mostly EXC, one presidential wafer seal with minor losses.