James Madison Document Signed
Attractive partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.25 x 17.5, June 18, 1810. President Madison appoints John Gassaway as "a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Core in the service of the United States." Signed crisply at the conclusion by James Madison, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton. The Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition, with light toning along the intersecting folds.
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Attractive partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.25 x 17.5, June 18, 1810. President Madison appoints John Gassaway as "a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Core in the service of the United States." Signed crisply at the conclusion by James Madison, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton. The Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition, with light toning along the intersecting folds.