THEODORE ROOSEVELT
(1858 - 1919) Twenty-sixth President of the United States who started the Panama Canal, settled the Russo-Japanese War, broke up Standard Oil and encouraged conservation. Partly-printed D.S. "Theodore Roosevelt" as president, 1p. 15 x 20.5 in. parchment, Washington, Jan. 9, 1909, the appointment of Rhodric Winfield Brown as "First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the Army of the United States". Co-signed at bottom by Secretary of War LUKE E. WRIGHT (1846-1922). With embossed blue U.S. War Office seal and patriotic vignettes at top and bottom. Signature only a tad light, a few tiny spots at top, else fine. Medical Corps appointments are most uncommon.
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(1858 - 1919) Twenty-sixth President of the United States who started the Panama Canal, settled the Russo-Japanese War, broke up Standard Oil and encouraged conservation. Partly-printed D.S. "Theodore Roosevelt" as president, 1p. 15 x 20.5 in. parchment, Washington, Jan. 9, 1909, the appointment of Rhodric Winfield Brown as "First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the Army of the United States". Co-signed at bottom by Secretary of War LUKE E. WRIGHT (1846-1922). With embossed blue U.S. War Office seal and patriotic vignettes at top and bottom. Signature only a tad light, a few tiny spots at top, else fine. Medical Corps appointments are most uncommon.
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