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Martin Van Buren: Naval Officer Appointment Signed....
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Martin Van Buren: Naval Officer Appointment Signed. 20" x 14", Washington, D.C., January 21, 1839. Appointing Isaac O. Barnes Naval Officer for the District of Boston and Charlestown , in the state of Massachusetts. Signed by President Martin Van Buren and Secretary of the Treasury Levi Woodbury.Condition: Bold, clear signatures. Pencil notations to top margin on obverse and reverse. Offsetting from previous matting. Soiling to bottom right margin. Ink notation to bottom margin.
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