LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Engraved document signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, Washington, D.C., 22 March 1861. 1 page, oblong 4to, accomplished in manuscript, neatly matted and enclosed in a black wooden frame.Boldly printed heading "Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States," small vignette of an American Eagle, text engraved in italic hand. A CUSTOMS OFFICER FOR KEY WEST, FLORIDA. President Lincoln and Secretary Chase appoint Charles Howe a Collector of Customs "for the District of Key West, in the State of Florida." Although Florida joined the Confederacy, its ports and much of its coast was controlled by the Union army and navy. The military Department of Key West included the Keys, the Tortugas and the mainland from Appalachicola to Cape Canaveral. Fine.