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570 Roosevelt, Theodore and William Howard Taft Partly printed Presidential Document Signed
“Theodore Roosevelt” as President and Wm. H. Taft” as Secretary of War, 1 page, horizontal folio, Washington,
June 23, 1904. They appoint Robert Bailey Hewitt Second Lieutenant of Infantry, effective
from the preceding June fifteenth. With blue War Department seal at lower left and military secretary
docket at upper left. A companion piece to the following lot, this appointment features an eagle with olive
branch and arrows with motto. Some light age toning, minor edge chips, otherwise Fine-VF. Accompanied
by R. Bailey Hewitt’s vellum “Graduate” certificate from the Manual Training High School,
Board of Education, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, May 24, 1899. Printed by the Union Bank
Note Co., K.C. Mo. Signed by various school officials. With gold foil seal with blue and yellow ribbons
attached. Minor age spots at top, otherwise Fine. (photo) Est. 600-800
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