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Lot #58
Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft Document Signed, Appointing an Infantry Lieutenant

Estimate: $800+

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Partly-printed DS, signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 16 x 20, July 5, 1906. President Roosevelt appoints George Rivers Byrd as "Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the service of the United States." Signed at the conclusion in ink by President Theodore Roosevelt, and countersigned by Secretary of War William H. Taft. The blue seal affixed at the lower left corner remains fully intact. In fine condition, with mounting remnants to reverse edges.

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