ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL OF THE UNITED STATES FOR NEWFOUNDLAND
Lincoln, Abraham. Document signed (“Abraham Lincoln”) as President, 1 page (20.75 x 12.75 in.; 527 x 323 mm.), Washington, 25 November 1861, being a partly-printed document appointing Reuben S. Curtis as Consul of the United States at St. John’s, Newfoundland. Countersigned by William H. Seward, Secretary of State. Fine condition.
Abraham Lincoln appoints Reuben S. Curtis as Consul of the United States at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
The document reads in part: The President of the United Stated of America…reposing special trust and confidence in the abilities & integrity of Reuben S. Curtis of Maryland, I do appoint him Consul of the United States of America at St. John’s N.F. [Newfoundland]…And I do hereby pray and request Her Britannic Majesty, Her Governors and Officers, to permit the said Reuben S. Curtis, fully and peacefully to enjoy and exercise the said office without giving or suffering to be given unto him any molestation or trouble but on the contrary to afford him all proper countenance and assistance: I offering to do the same for all those who shall in like manner be recommended to me by Her said Majesty…Abraham Lincoln