PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNS A MILITARY COMMISSION

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865).  Lincoln was the Sixteenth President.

DS. 1pg. May 21, 1864. Washington.  A vellum military commission signed “Abraham Lincoln” as President and co-signed “E.M. Stanton” as Secretary of War.  The President appointed Franklin Jones as an Assistant Quarter Master General with the rank of Captain.  The document is in fair condition with extensive foxing; the Lincoln signature is relatively dark and legible.  The document just underwent professional conservation to improve the condition.