Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President, Appointing a Captain in the Marine Corps
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 18, February 2, 1854. President Pierce appoints Benjamin E. Brooke as "a Captain in the Marine Corps." Neatly signed at the conclusion in ink by President Franklin Pierce, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin. The white seal affixed at the bottom remains intact. In very good condition, with intersecting folds and several small areas of loss.
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 18, February 2, 1854. President Pierce appoints Benjamin E. Brooke as "a Captain in the Marine Corps." Neatly signed at the conclusion in ink by President Franklin Pierce, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin. The white seal affixed at the bottom remains intact. In very good condition, with intersecting folds and several small areas of loss.
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