Auction Date:2012 Mar 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Partly-printed war-dated DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 17, February 21, 1863. President Lincoln appoints Adolphus Dexter “a Lieutenant in the Navy on the Active List from the 16th July 1862.” Signed at the conclusion in black ink, “Abraham Lincoln,” and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. Uniform toning, a bit heavier to the edges from previous display, chips to vertical edges, mounting remnants to most of reverse, and a faint blue pencil mark to blank area at top, otherwise very good condition. The red seal is worn, but intact. Accompanied by a clipped signature of John Ericsson, “J. Ericsson,” the designer and builder of the Monitor.
Lincoln commissioned a seasoned veteran with his appointment of Adolphus Dexter (1840-1870). Dexter was born in Ohio and at the age of 17, was accepted to the Annapolis Naval Academy. He was appointed an acting midshipman upon graduation. In 1861, Dexter was promoted to full lieutenant and assigned to the frigate USS Minnesota, the flagship of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War. On March 8, 1862, the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the Minnesota ran aground. During the night, the USS Monitor arrived to defend the stranded ship. Invented by Ericsson, the Monitor was perhaps the most advanced warship of its time and was the Union response to the Confederate ironclad Virginia. The next day, the two ironclads famously clashed at Hampton Roads. After engaging the Monitor, the Virginia turned to the Minnesota, which emerged from the battle badly damaged, her crew suffering many casualties. A unique document relating to arguably the most important naval battle of the nineteenth century.
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