DS as president, one page, 16 x 21, January 10, 1900. President McKinley appoints Ephraim T. C. Richmond to the position of “Colonel of the Forty-first regiment of Infantry, United States Volunteers.” Signed at the conclusion in black ink by McKinley and countersigned by his Secretary of War, Elihu Root. In very good condition, with mostly intact blue seal, light overall toning, scattered mild soiling, light overall creasing and wrinkling, mostly sparing McKinley’s signature. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
