Military commission appointing Guido N. Lieber Captain in the Eleventh Regiment of Infantry.

by Abraham Lincoln

$25,000 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Signed

Washington, D.C.,1 July 1864. Printed document on vellum, 18.75” x 15”, filled out in manuscript and signed in ink by Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Staunton. Arched title above an American eagle, with a spoils of war vignette below the signatures. Blue War Department seal and docketing in ink at upper left corner. CONDITION: Very good, light foxing, minor stains along the edges, one central vertical fold and five horizontal folds, slight losses to the

  • Binding: Leather

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