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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 15 x 12.5, December 19, 1891. President Harrison appoints D. F. A. de Otte as "a Third Lieutenant in the Revenue Service of the United States." Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by President Benjamin Harrison, and countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Lyman Spaulding. Impressively archivally double-matted and framed with an oversized photograph of Harrison delivering a speech on Wall Street on the 100th anniversary of Washington's inauguration to an overall size of 29.5 x 35.5. In fine condition.
Photo credit: National Archives.
From the collection of Mark S. Robbins.
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