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This is a HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT ABRAHAM LINCOLN-EDWIN STANTON DUAL SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT CERTIFICATE FOR HENRY R. TILTON, APPOINTED AS AN ASSISTANT SURGEON FOR THE U.S. ARMY. TILTON SAW SERVICE IN BOTH THE INDIAN WRA AND CIVIL WAR. HE SERVED AS AN OFFICER FOR THE 7TH U.S. CAVALRY, AND WAS CITED FOR GALLANTRY AT THE BATTLE OF BEAR PAW MOUNTAIN, WHERE HE RESCUED AND PROTECTED WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON SEPT 30, 1877. HE RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS ACTIONS ALMOST 20 YEARS LATER. THIS APPOINTMENT IS DATED AUGUST 26, 1861. OBVIOUSLY, SURGEONS SUCH AS TILTON, SERVED A VITAL ROLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR, AND THEY REMAINED IN SHORT IN SUPPLY THROUGHOUT THE WAR.
THE DOCUMENT SHOWS THE USUAL FOLDS THROUGHOUT, ALTHOUGH NONE ARE DEEP. THE SEAL, WHICH IS USUALLY FOUND IN GREEN (BLUE IS MORE UNCOMMON) IS BOTH INTACT AND CRISP, WITHOUT THE USUAL CHIPS OR MISSING AREAS. THE PAPER QUALITY IS EXCELLENT OVERALL, AND ONLY A LIGHT PATINA IS EVIDENT. MOST IMPORTANTLY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND EDWIN STANTON’S SIGNATURES ARE BOTH PROMINENT, WITH STANTON’S APPEARING EXCEPTIONALLY BOLD. ON A SCALE OF 1-10, WE WOULD RATE THIS DOCUMENT AN 8.5. THE CERTIFICATE MEASURES 14 1/2″ x 19″, AND IS READY FOR FRAMING, RESTING ON ACID-FREE PAPER AND BEAUTIFULLY MATTED. WE CAN NOT OVER-EMPHASIZE THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THIS DOCUMENT, AND FEEL THAT IT WILL BE A BLUE-CHIP COLLECTIBLE FOR ITS NEXT OWNER. THIS IS THE FIRST LINCOLN APPOINTMENT CERTIFICATE THAT WE HAVE OWNED IN ALMOST 20 YEARS; THEIR APPEARANCES ANYMORE, ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
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