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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(PRESIDENTS.) Two Partly-printed vellum Documents Signed, as President, military commissions: Martin Van Buren * Grover Cleveland. Van Buren. "M. VanBuren," appointing Stephen Decatur Lieutenant in the Navy. Cleveland. Appointing Charles Custis Rogers Lieutenant, Junior grade, in the Navy. Each countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney or James Kirke Paulding. Each 17x13¾ or 19½x15½ inches; slight fading to Van Buren's signature, minor foxing at folds of first, faint foxing to edges of second, paper seals mostly intact. Washington, 2 March 1841; 20 July 1885
With--Partly-printed document with printed signatures of the Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Bureau of Navigation, commending the valor, fidelity, and ability of Stephen Decatur, Jr., while serving in the Navy during WWI. 21x16 inches. Washington, 2 August 1919.
