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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President . Printed document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Washington, D.C., 29 November 1861. 1 page, oblong 4to, 238 x 373 mm. (9 5/16 x 14 11/16 in.), circular blue paper seal, accomplished in manuscript, bold type heading at top: "The President of the United States of America," paper evenly age-toned, clean separation at central vertical fold, not affecting text or Lincoln's signature, matted with a color portrait and glazed in a giltwood frame. President Lincoln certifies the appointment of Horatio A. Easby as a Colonel of the 7th Regiment "of the Militia of the District of Columbia." A relatively rare form of appointment. 5LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President . Printed document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Washington, D.C., 29 November 1861. 1 page, oblong 4to, 238 x 373 mm. (9 5/16 x 14 11/16 in.), circular blue paper seal, accomplished in manuscript, bold type heading at top: "The President of the United States of America," paper evenly age-toned, clean separation at central vertical fold, not affecting text or Lincoln's signature, matted with a color portrait and glazed in a giltwood frame. President Lincoln certifies the appointment of Horatio A. Easby as a Colonel of the 7th Regiment "of the Militia of the District of Columbia." A relatively rare form of appointment.