HARRISON, BENJAMIN, President. Engraved document signed ("Benj. Harrison") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War, Redfield Proctor. Washington D.C., 17 January 1890. One page, oblong folio, 483 x 390 mm. (19 x 15 3/8 in.), on vellum, blue paper seal of the United States at lower-left, text headed "The President of the United States," below which is an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto, a large vignette of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia at bottom, accomplished in manusacript. Appointment of Daniel C. Pearson as "Captain in the Second Regiment of Cavalry."