LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Engraved document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Washington, D.C., 20 April 1864. 1 page, folio, on parchment, accomplished in manuscript, large Great Seal of the United States at lower center, AN UNCOMMON NAVAL APPOINTMENT BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN, large orange papered seal at the bottom of the sheet, elaborately engraved by the American Bank Note Company with an American eagle perched on a rock with two sailing ships in the background, a large calligraphic legend "President of the United States of America," and, at bottom, a large vignette of mermaids, tritons and winged horses above a group of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia. Even age-toning. The President and Secretary of the Navy appoint Charles Green a Captain in the U.S. Navy.