N E W A C Q U I S I T I O N S * J U L Y 2 0 2 4 B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S * * * 28 1864 MILITARY APPOINTMENT, SIGNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT 28. LINCOLN, Abraham. Engraved document signed. Washington, June 1, 1864. Single vellum sheet (16 by 20 inches), partially printed and finished in a secretarial hand, embossed blue paper seal; matted and framed with a large engraved portrait of Lincoln; entire piece measures 40 by 31 inches. $21,000 Splendid Lincoln Civil War document appointing Robert H.K. Whiteley as “Lieutenant Colonel in the Ordnance Department,” countersigned by Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, with fragile paper seal present, beautifully framed with a large engraved portrait of Lincoln after the photographic portrait by Mathew Brady. The recipient Robert Henry Kirkwood Whiteley (1809-96) was a life-long army officer, in charge of arsenals in Washington, DC, Baton Rouge, St. Louis, and San Antonio, until the latter arsenal was seized by Confederate forces during the Civil War. He was then in charge of the New York Arsenal from 1861-62, and then the Allegheny Arsenal from 1862 until his retirement in 1875, at which time he moved to Baltimore. This commission is handsomely engraved with two military vignettes, one of an emblematic eagle and the other an army motif with crossed flags, cannon, and other accouterments of war. Docketed in red ink in upper left-hand corner. Fine condition, a beautiful framed piece.
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