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Auction 739 April.

Boston
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Lot 103

William H. Taft

Opening: $200

Estimate: $200 - $400

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 19.5 x 15.75, January 18, 1911. President Taft appoints Friench Simpson as "Passed Assistant Surgeon, to rank as such from October 6, 1910, in the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service of the United States." Neatly signed at the conclusion in ink by President William H. Taft and countersigned by Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh. In very good to fine condition, with staining along the left side.