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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
JEFFERSON, Thomas. Document signed ("Th:Jefferson") as President, boldly countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith (1757-1852), Washington, 4 March 1807. 1 page, folio, (17 3/8 x 14 1/16 in.), PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT, engraved text, large vignette at top of an American eagle amid clouds and sunbeams and lightning with heading "President of the United States," at bottom a complex arrangement of naval weaponry, battle flags, anchors and other maritime paraphernalia, imprint along bottom edge: "Written B. S. Lewis.... Designed & engraved by Akin & Harrison Junr.," accomplished in manuscript, large papered Great seal of the U.S. at lower center. Matted with a portrait and framed. The President, with the "advice and consent of the Senate" certifies the appointment of Charles D. Coxe as a First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
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JEFFERSON, Thomas. Document signed ("Th:Jefferson") as President, boldly countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith (1757-1852), Washington, 4 March 1807. 1 page, folio, (17 3/8 x 14 1/16 in.), PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT, engraved text, large vignette at top of an American eagle amid clouds and sunbeams and lightning with heading "President of the United States," at bottom a complex arrangement of naval weaponry, battle flags, anchors and other maritime paraphernalia, imprint along bottom edge: "Written B. S. Lewis.... Designed & engraved by Akin & Harrison Junr.," accomplished in manuscript, large papered Great seal of the U.S. at lower center. Matted with a portrait and framed. The President, with the "advice and consent of the Senate" certifies the appointment of Charles D. Coxe as a First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
JEFFERSON'S MARINE CORPS APPOINTMENTS ARE VERY RARE, for the simple reason that only a scant handful were issued during his administration. In fact, in the year 1807, the entire Corps consisted of only 392 enlisted men and a scant 11 officers, one of them being 1st Lieutenant Cox. No Jefferson Marine Corps commissions have been offered at auction since at least 1975, according to ABPC.
JEFFERSON'S MARINE CORPS APPOINTMENTS ARE VERY RARE, for the simple reason that only a scant handful were issued during his administration. In fact, in the year 1807, the entire Corps consisted of only 392 enlisted men and a scant 11 officers, one of them being 1st Lieutenant Cox. No Jefferson Marine Corps commissions have been offered at auction since at least 1975, according to ABPC.