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Partly-printed DS, signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 16 x 20.75, March 7, 1905. President Roosevelt appoints William L. Patterson as a “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 embossed War Office seal remains affixed to the lower left. Framed to an overall size of 18 x 24. In very good to fine condition, with light rippling and toning along the edges.
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