Lot 38
Cleveland (Steven) Grover (1837-1908)., 22nd and 24th president of the U.S. (1885-89, 1893-97), first president to serve non-consecutive terms.
DS as president, 15¼" x 19", Washington, 1888 Sept. 20. Military Commission of William H. Penrose as "Lieutenant Colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry", countersigned by "R[obert] Macfeely" as acting Secretary of War, recording endorsement at upper left in red ink signed by Adj. General R.C. Drum, unfilled portions of ruled blanks in document also enhanced in red ink. Horizontal fold through both signatures with minimal affect, otherwise Fine and fresh with completely intact black War Office seal.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Military Commissions from Cleveland's first term are far scarcer than those from his second.
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