18th President. Partly-printed vellum document signed “U.S. Grant” AS PRESIDENT, one page, 15.75 x 19.25, My 6, 1870. President Grant appoints “Sebastian Gunther…Captain in the Fourth Regiment of Cavalry…”
Signed at the conclusion in ink by President U. S. Grant and countersigned by Secretary of War William W. Belknap. The blue seal affixed to the upper left is creased but intact.
In fine condition, expected folds.
Very RARE format for Grant as President.
The Journal of the Senate Executive Proceedings of the United States, 1869–1870 documents military promotions submitted by President Ulysses S. Grant for Senate confirmation. In the entry for February 10, 1870, Gunther is noted as being promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain.
18th President. Partly-printed vellum document signed “U.S. Grant” AS PRESIDENT, one page, 15.75 x 19.25, My 6, 1870. President Grant appoints “Sebastian Gunther…Captain in the Fourth Regiment of Cavalry…”
Signed at the conclusion in ink by President U. S. Grant and countersigned by Secretary of War William W. Belknap. The blue seal affixed to the upper left is creased but intact.
In fine condition, expected folds.
Very RARE format for Grant as President.
The Journal of the Senate Executive Proceedings of the United States, 1869–1870 documents military promotions submitted by President Ulysses S. Grant for Senate confirmation. In the entry for February 10, 1870, Gunther is noted as being promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain.