Lot 636
[Executive - President] Andrew Johnson Presidential Appointment, February 23, 1866 vellum document, 19¾" x 15¾", appoints "William S. McCaskey of the 13th Regiment of Infantry…Second Lieutenant….", countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, blue seal is intact, docketed by Asst. Adjt. Gen. E.D. Townsend at top; usual file folds, professionally framed incorporating portrait of Johnson at top, Very Fine.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Anything authentically signed by Johnson is scarce because he was the first president to use a stamped signature because of his broken arm. The stamped signatures are often sold as original signatures.
Realized: $500