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Benjamin Harrison

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Benjamin Harrison

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Auction Date:2010 Aug 11 @ 22:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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 DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 15.75 x 19.5, December 20, 1889. President Harrison appoints George M. Stoney a “Lieutenant in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion by Harrison, and countersigned Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy. Intersecting folds, a very subtle shade of toning from previous display, and some scattered light toning and foxing, otherwise fine, bright condition. The blue seal is slightly worn, but intact. Stoney was a graduate of the US Naval Academy in 1875 and first traveled to arctic Alaska in 1883 in connection with the attempt of the USS Rodgers to locate the missing Jeanette Expedition. Instead of becoming rescuers, the crew of the Rodgers themselves became stranded, surviving only with the assistance of the local Inuit community.