Lot 614
Pierce, Franklin. Document Signed ("Franklin Pierce"). As President. Partially printed, accomplished in manuscript. One page, 15½ x 18", Washington D.C., October 19, 1853. Countersigned by J. C. Dobbin as Secretary of the Navy. Being a Naval commission for Johnston B. Creighton. Navy Department seal intact at bottom. Registrar signature at bottom left edge. Four horizontal and four vertical creases. Edge separation along horizontal center crease with two very small areas of paper loss and four very small holes at right, foxing and minor soiling. Overall condition very good.
Signed fairly early in Pierce's presidency, this October 1853 commission was issued only three months after Commodore Perry's naval confrontation in Japan. The recipient of this commission, Johnston B. Creighton, went on to serve as Naval Ordinance Inspector and ascended to the rank of Rear Admiral.
Estimated Value $500 - 800.
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