Lot 38
Cleveland, Grover - Naval Appointment Signed as President (1837-1908) 22nd and 24th President of the United (1885-1889, 1893-1897). Partly-printed document signed "Grover Cleveland" as President, vellum, 18½ 14½", Washington, Mar. 3, 1888. Appointing William H. Emory a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. Countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney. Faint ghosting from earlier folding lightly affects signature and part of text; one tooth missing from cerrulean blue Navy Dept. seal. Very good condition. Matted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 18"; a few nicks to frame.
William H. Emory, Jr. became a rear admiral in the United States Navy. His father, for whom he was named, was a nationally-renowned surveyor and civil engineer who served in both the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, and who directed the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey (1848-1855), which set the boundary between the United States and Mexico according to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Emory, Jr.'s mother, Sophia Burrell Dallas, was a great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, as well as a niece of George Mifflin Dallas. Certainly a distinguished family. Estimate Value $600 - 800
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