POLK, JAMES KNOX; and JAMES BUCHANAN, Presidents. Document signed ("James K. Polk"), as President and countersigned ("James Buchanan"), as Secretary of State. Washington, 14 March 1845. One page, folio, accomplished in manuscript, papered seal, split along folds (tape-repaired on verso). Appointment of John L. Smith as Justice of the Peace in the county of Washington, D.C.