LINCOLN, Abraham. D.S., engraved commission papers signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 1 July 1864. 1 page, 2o, accomplished in manuscript (slight fading), framed, PRINTED ON PARCHMENT, elaborately engraved, bold heading at top, "The President of the United States of America," over an American eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto amidst billowing clouds, a large vignette of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia at the bottom, with small legend "engraved by J.V.N. and C.H. Throop, Washington City." President Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton appoint Francis A. Dohrman Commissary of Subsistence of volunteers with the rank of Captain. [With:] JOHNSON, Andrew. D.S., engraved commission papers signed as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, framed, PRINTED ON VELLUM, elaborately engraved, with similar decorative motifs. The President and Secretary of War commission Francis A. Dohrman to rank of Major (signatures stamped). (2)