Civil Appointment of Daniel Patrick Moynahan (Democratic, Senator from New York) to the Presidents Commission to Strengthen Social Security, partially printed, August 9, 2001 approximately (19” X 23”). Countersigned by Colin Powell as Secretary of State. Colin Powell a retired four star General who provided leadership during the Gulf War (Desert Storm and Shield) was the first African-American to serve as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Letter to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynahan respecting legislation, specifically campaign finance reform, one of “the four pillars of my {his} 1992 campaign,” typed, May 7, 1993 approximately (7” X 10 1/2”). (Art. II, Sec. 3)
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Download as a PDF Civil Appointment of Daniel Patrick Moynahan (Democratic, Senator from New York) to the Presidents Commission to Strengthen Social Security, partially printed, August 9, 2001 approximately (19” X 23”). Countersigned by Colin Powell as Secretary of State. Colin Powell a retired four star General who provided leadership during the Gulf War (Desert Storm and Shield) was the first African-American to serve as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Program 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, partially printed, December 7, 1991, approximately (11 X 8 1/2). (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Letter to Senator respecting Judicial Appointments, May 4, 1977, partially typed, approximately (6 3/4” X 9”). (Art. II, Sec. 3)
Download as a PDF Presidential Pardon granted to Richard M. Nixon, September 8, 1974, typed, approximately (8 1/2” X 11”). (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Civil appointment of a Representative of the United States of America to the Twenty-Fourth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, partially printed, September 15, 1969, approximately (19” X 23”). Countersigned by William P. Rogers as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Civil appointment of Clark Clifford Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, partially printed, February 3, 1965, approximately (18” X 22”). Countersigned by George Ball as Acting Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Civil appointment as a Member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts (National Cultural Center), latter the Kennedy Center, partially printed, September 20, 1962, approximately (18 1/2” X 22 3/4”). Countersigned by Dean Rusk as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Civil appointment as the Deputy Assistant to the President, partially printed, September 5, 1953 approximately (19 3/4” X 16 1/8”). Countersigned by John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Civil appointment to the Atomic Energy Commission of a prominent scientist from the Manhattan Project, partially printed, June 29, 1950 approximately (19” X 23 1/4”). Countersigned by Dean G. Acheson as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Civil appointment as a member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, partially printed, July 7, 1938 approximately (20 1/4” X 16 1/2”). Countersigned by Cordell Hull as Secretary of State. Hull was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in founding the United Nations. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Counsel to Mexico for Veracruz, partially printed, October 29, 1928, approximately (16 3/4” X 14”). Countersigned by Frank B. Kellogg as Secretary of State. Kellogg later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in negotiating a treaty signed by 45 countries (including Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, Great Britain and France, the major combatants in World War II) renouncing war as a means to settle disputes. (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Counsel to Mexico for Veracruz, partially printed, October 29, 1928, approximately (16 3/4” X 14”). Countersigned by Frank B. Kellogg as Secretary of State. Kellogg later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in negotiating a treaty signed by 45 countries (including Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, Great Britain and France, the major combatants in World War II) renouncing war as a means to settle disputes. (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Counsel to Santander, Spain, partially printed, December 21, 1921 approximately (18 1/2” X 16”). Countersigned by Charles Evan Hughes as Secretary of State. Hughes was later appointed to the Supreme Court. (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Translator to the Consulate General of the United States at Yokohama, Japan, partially printed, February 9, 1918, approximately (23” x 19”). Countersigned by Robert Lansing as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service of the United States, a physician at Ellis Island, partially printed, March 3, 1913, approximately (15 3/4” X 20”). (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Presidential Proclamation upon the death of John Hay, partially printed, July 3, 1905, approximately (7 1/2” X 12”). John Hay was originally brought to Washington as secretary to Abraham Lincoln and continued to serve the executive department until his death while serving as Secretary of State, the third highest rank in the federal government and the highest appointive rank. (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Appointment Francis Forbes as a member of the Commission to Revise the Laws of the United States with respect to patents, partially printed, July 7, 1898, approximately (14 1/4” X 18 3/4”). Countersigned by William R. Day Secretary of State. Day was later appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Indian Agent, partially printed, January 22, 1890 approximately (16” X 20”). Countersigned by John Noble Secretary of the Interior. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Notary for the District of Columbia, partially printed, February 18, 1889, approximately (19 1/2” X 14 1/2”). Countersigned by Augustus Hill Garland Attorney General. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Assistant Quarter Master General, partially printed, January 13, 1884, approximately (15 3/4” X 19 1/2”). Countersigned by Robert Todd Lincoln as Secretary of War. (Abraham Lincoln’s son who attended the deaths of both Garfield and McKinley when they were assassinated.) (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Counsel to Rouen, France, May 16, 1881, partially printed, approximately (15 1/2” X 14”). Countersigned by James G. Blaine as Secretary of State. Blaine was a contender for the republican nomination received by Garfield and a long time political power. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of a second lieutenant, December 28,1880, partially printed, approximately (13 3/4” X 17 1/2”). Countersigned by Alexander Ramsey as Secretary of War. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Naval commission of a Rear Admiral on the retired list and a serving line officer 1823 to 1866, July 24, 1876, partially printed, approximately (19 1/2” X 15 3/4”). Countersigned by George Robeson as Secretary of the Navy. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Presidential pardon of a Confederate Officer, conditional upon not acquiring slaves, etc. (the Emancipation Proclamation only affected areas then in rebellion, not all slaves), August 15, 1865, approximately (17 1/8” X 10 3/4”). Countersigned by W. L . Marcy as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Presidential pardon, August 5, 1862, approximately (16 1/2” X 10 3/4”). Countersigned by William H. Seward as Secretary of State. Seward was wounded, but recovered from the assassination attempt on his life, which was part of the Booth plot. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Registrar of Land Office for the District of Lands Subject to Sale at Tallahassee Florida, May 7, 1858, partially printed, approximately (20 1/2” X 16”). Countersigned by Jacob Thompson as Secretary of Interior. Thompson later resigned to join and support the Confederacy as Governor of Mississippi and a Confederate Commissioner to Canada. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Minister to Lima Peru, January 12, 1855, partially printed, approximately (11” X 16 3/4”). Countersigned by Learned Marcy as Secretary of State. Jefferson Davis, latter President of the Confederate States of America, served as his Secretary of War. (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Authorization to apply Great Seal to diplomatic documents of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Two Sicilies, November 11, 1852, partially printed, approximately (8” X 10”). (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Civil Appointment Deputy Postmaster at Baltimore, Maryland , May 16, 1850, partially printed, approximately (9 3/4” X 15 1/2”). Countersigned by John M. Clayton as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Military appointment of second lieutenant, February 12, 1848, partially printed, approximately (14 1/2” X 17 1/4”). Countersigned by William L. Marcy as Secretary of War. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Permission to leave port in Massachusetts, July 26, 1845, partially printed, approximately (12 3/4” X 15”). Countersigned by John Calhoun as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF The rarest of Presidential documents, an order to affix The Great Seal of The United States to a diplomatic document March 18, 1841, partially printed, approximately (8” X 9 3/4”). (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Permission to leave port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1840, partially printed, approximately (11 1/4” X 14 3/4”). Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State.(Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Letter to the Senate withdrawing the renomination of a United States Marshall thus allowing his commission to expire January 13, 1830, approximately (7 3/4” X 9 1/2”). (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Land Grant, May 17, 1828, partially printed, approximately (15” X 9 1/2” ). Countersigned by George Graham as Commissioner of the General Land Office. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Appointment of Naval Lieutenant, March 3, 1821, partially printed, approximately (13 1/2” X 17 3/4”). Countersigned by John G. C. Sherbune as Secretary of the Navy. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Permission to leave port of Wilmington, North Carolina, December 27, 1811, French, Spanish, English and Dutch, partially printed, approximately (16 3/4” X 21 1/2”). Countersigned by James Monroe as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Download as a PDF Permission to leave port of Boston, June 19, 1800, English and German, partially printed, approximately (8 1/2” x 9 1/2”). Countersigned by Timothy Pickering as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec.1)
Download as a PDF Signed speech made to the Portuguese Assembly, typed, May 9, 1985 six pages (8 1/2” X 14”). (Art. II, Sec.1)
Download as a PDF Land grant in payment for military services rendered, July 18, 1801, partially printed, framed, approximately (14 1/2” X 12 “). Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State. (Art. II, Sec. 2)
Download as a PDF Permission to leave port of Philadelphia, May 15, 1793, English, French and German, partially printed, two sided, signed twice, approximately (10 1/4” x 15”). Countersigned by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State. Jefferson also served as Vice President (Adams) and as the Third President of the United States of America. (Art. II, Sec.1)
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