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LINCOLN, Abraham, President. Engraved document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Treasury George Harrington, Washington, D.C., 7 March 1865. A REVENUE SERVICE APPOINTMENT. 1 page, oblong 4o, accomplished in manuscript. PRINTED ON VELLUM, boldly engraved at top "Abraham Lincoln" under which an American Eagle is flanked by two ships with "President of the United States of America" beneath. The President and Acting Secretary of the Treasury appoint William N. Cornell a Third Lieutenant in the United States Revenue Service.