Auction: Sale #2218 - 2218Location: BostonDate / Time: November 02, 2003 11:00AM
Description:
Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869), Signed Document, as President, February 9th, 1854, one page, folio, on vellum, military commission for William S. Smith as Second Lieutenant in Artillery, countersigned by Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War, 16 by 13 in., (burn tears and losses, slightly affecting Pierce's signature, Davis' signature heavily damaged).
Estimate $300-500