Description
Naval Appointment from President William H. Taft, appointing John B. Staley the rank of Ensign in the Navy. Broadside is dated June 24, 1910 and countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Navy, Beekman Winthrop.
Document measures 15′ x 18″. Embossed blue paper seal along bottom quarter. Two notable splash marks to verso, light spotting throughout. Printed on white vellum, not previously folded.
Signed by President Taft along the lower right corner.
