LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Engraved document signed as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 1 July 1863. 1 page, folio, 440 x 348 mm. (17 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.), PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT, glazed in a gilt-wood frame, elaborately engraved, green paper seal of the United States at upper left, bold heading at top "The President of the United States," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto fly above billowing clouds, at bottom a large vignette of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia at bottom, with small legend "Engraved by J. V .N. and C. H. Throop, Washn. City," accomplished in manuscript, the President's signature extremely faded. Lincoln and Stanton appoint John Bradley a Surgeon of Volunteers due to his outstanding "patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities..."

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Engraved document signed as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 1 July 1863. 1 page, folio, 440 x 348 mm. (17 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.), PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT, glazed in a gilt-wood frame, elaborately engraved, green paper seal of the United States at upper left, bold heading at top "The President of the United States," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto fly above billowing clouds, at bottom a large vignette of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia at bottom, with small legend "Engraved by J. V .N. and C. H. Throop, Washn. City," accomplished in manuscript, the President's signature extremely faded. Lincoln and Stanton appoint John Bradley a Surgeon of Volunteers due to his outstanding "patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities..."