TAYLOR, Zachary. DS ("Z. Taylor") as President, countersigned by Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ewing, Washington, D.C., 9 May 1849. 1 page, 2o oblong, seal of the Department of the Interior embossed lower left, accomplished in manuscript (tear along center crease, discoloration top 2 inches, light foxing). A document appointing John W. Ashmead of Pennsylvania to a term in the U.S. Senate.