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Civil War-dated partly-printed DS as President, one page, 19.75” x 13.25”, September 28, 1864.

President Lincoln appoints Georg H. Garlichs of Cincinnati as "Consul of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, for the States of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee." Signed crisply at the conclusion by Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The lower left retains the original off-white seal. In very good to fine condition, with professional repairs to edge tears and fold separations, none of which affect Lincoln's pristine signature.

An interesting document related to the Germanic presence in the American midwest during the Civil War. Approximately 516,000 Union soldiers, or 23.4% of all Union soldiers, were immigrants, with about 216,000 born in Germany. New York supplied the largest number of these native-born Germans with 36,000, Wisconsin accounted for 30,000, and Ohio for 20,000. Major recruiting efforts aimed at German Americans were conducted in Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Milwaukee, amongst others, which resulted in scores of individual regiments, such as the 52nd New York, 9th Ohio, 74th Pennsylvania, 32nd Indiana (1st German), 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the 9th Wisconsin, consisting entirely of German Americans.

Includes PSA/DNA Letter of Authenticity with PSA auto grades of Mint 9 for Secretary of State William H. Seward & an incredibly rare perfect PSA Gem Mint 10 grade for Abraham Lincoln.

Piece size: 19.75” x 13.25”

Signatures: Black ink

Authentication: PSA/DNA Letter of Authenticity