LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Printed document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edward M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 18 July 1862. 1 page, large folio, ON FINE PARCHMENT, elaborately engraved, accomplished in manuscript, large blue papered seal at top left, finely engraved with the bold heading "The President of the United States," beneath which an American Eagle in flight, holding olive branch and lightning bolts with the "E Pluribus Unum" motto; at bottom of the sheet, large vignette of crossed flags, cannons, pikes, bayonets and other military paraphenalia, imprint at bottom right: "Engraved by J.V.N. and C. H. Throop, Washn. City"; the accomplishments a bit pale, LINCOLN'S AND STANTON'S SIGNATURES QUITE DARK AND CLEAR. Lincoln and Stanton appoint Nathaniel McLean an "Assistant Adjutant General with rank of Colonel.