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WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

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WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Collection of two documents. Partly printed DS on vellum, 1p, folio, Washington, May 26, 1910. Blue Navy Department seal present. Attractive military and naval vignettes at top and bottom center. Military appointment of Louis C. Scheibla as “<i>Ensign in the Navy.</i>” Signed at conclusion. Signature a little light but entirely legible; general light wrinkling; o/w VG. Accompanied by Scheibla’s diploma from the US Naval Academy, 15½"x22". Large, attractive tableau of Naval Academy at top and midshipman at bottom center. Scheibla became an early Naval aviator.</span></p>