Published by Washington., 1913
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
20 x 16, parchment, with large eagle vignette at top; army crossed flags and bayonets on battlefield vignette on bottom, circular blindstamp at bottom, appointing Lindsay C. Harkness as 1st Lt in US Corps of Engineers, (lightly) SIGNED AT BOTTOM BY WILLIAM TAFT AS PRESIDENT, countersigned by Stimson as Secretary of War, folds, some minor wrinkles and soil else a nice piece.
Publication Date: 1909
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
unbound. Condition: very good. Partly-printed DS "Wm. H. Taft", one page, 23" x 19", August 5, 1909, appointing William Heimke "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister to Salvador". Signed at the conclusion by Taft and countersigned by Secretary of State Philander Knox. Oversized embossed Presidential seal is affixed to bottom. Usual folds otherwise in very good condition. American Statesman, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and twenty-seventh President of the United States.