A military commission signed by President Abraham Lincoln, recorded on August 1, 1864, appointing Greenlief (sic) P. Davis (b. 1864, of Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts) to Captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps, signed in pen by Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Eli Stanton, as well as marginalia signed by the Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, on sturdy vellum paper, unframed
h. 19-1/2 w. 16 in.

Overall excellent, having never been framed or exposed to light, with some light staining in margins