Archives International Auctions Sale 52 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins and Security Printing Ephemera May 14, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 52 65 May 14,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Washington, D.C. 470 470 JAMES MADISON. 4th U.S. President. Partly Printed Document Signed “James Madison” as President and “The lowest number of the / same date gives rank. / B.W. Crowninshield” as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 18.5 by 13 inches. Washington, D.C., December 9, 1814. Patriotic vignettes of an eagle with wings spread at top center and battle flags, cannons, and cannon balls, across the bottom. Paper Seal of the Department of the Navy affixed at lower center. Appointment of George B. McCulloch as “Lieutenant in the Navy.” By 1820, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch was stationed in Philadelphia as a recruiting officer. The Navy reported that on December 31, 1827, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch of the U.S.S. Constitution had died ”of disease” and was buried ashore in Port Mahon, on the Spanish island of Minorca, the next day. Benjamin W. Crowninshield (1772-1851) served as Secretary of the Navy from 1814-1818 in the cabinets of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. He was elected to represent Massachusetts in Congress as an Adams-Clay Republican in 1822, reelected as an Adams candidate in 1824 and 1826, and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1828, serving in the House of Representatives from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1831. �����������������������������������������������������������������Est. $3500-5000 471 471 JAMES MADISON. 4th U.S. President. Partly Printed Document Signed “JamesMadison” as President and “W. Jones” as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 12 by 7 inches. Washington, D.C., July 27, 1813. Appointment of George B. McCulloch as “a sailing Master in the Navy if the United States.” By 1820, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch was stationed in Philadelphia as a recruiting officer. The Navy reported that on December 31, 1827, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch of the U.S.S. Constitution had died ”of disease” and was buried ashore in Port Mahon, on the Spanish island of Minorca, the next day. William Jones (1760-1831) served as Madison’s Secretary of the Navy from January 1813 to December 1814. From April 21, 1813, to February 9, 1814, Jones also served as Madison’s Secretary of Treasury while Secretary Albert Gallatin was in Europe on diplomatic missions. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $2500-4000 472 472 ANDREW JACKSON. 7th U.S. President. Partly Engraved Document Signed “Andrew Jackson” as President and “Jno H. Eaton” as Secretary of War, 1p, 16.5 by 13 inches. Washington, D.C., March 15, 1831. Future Civil War General Robert E. Clary’s first commission. Appointment of Robert E. Clary as “Second Lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment of Infantry…” Patriotic vignettes of an eagle with wings spread at top center and battle flags, cannons, cannon balls, and regiment drum across the bottom. Robert E. Clary (1805-1890), West Point Class of 1828, first served mostly on the Western frontier and in the Second Seminole War. In the Civil War, he was Chief Quartermaster in several army departments until August 1864, when Clary was placed in charge of the Memphis Army Depot, in which capacity he served until the end of the war. Rising to the rank of Brevet Colonel Robert E. Clary and Deputy Quartermaster-General, in 1866, President Andrew appointed Clary Brigadier General by brevet, “for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.” John H. Eaton (1790-1856) was elected by the Tennessee legislature to fill a vacancy and entered the U.S. Senate at age 28 even though the U.S. Constitution requires a Senator to be at least 30 years old – his seating was not opposed and he still is the youngest U.S. Senator in history. Eaton served in the Senate from 1818 to 1829 when he resigned, having been appointed Jackson’s Secretary of War (1829-1831). Eaton later served as Governor of the Territory of Florida (1834-1836) and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain (1836-1840). ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $2500-3500 473 473 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 8th U.S. President. Partly Engraved Document Signed “MVan Buren” as President and “J. R. Poinsett” as Secretary of War, 1p, 17 by 14 inches. Washington, D.C., February 5, 1841. Paper Seal of theWar Department at upper left. Patriotic vignettes of an eagle with wings spread at top center and flags, weapons, cannon balls, military accouterments, and a drum across the bottom. Appointment of William Wall “as Assistant Quarter Master with the rank of Captain.” William Wall (1808-1847), West Point Class of 1832, served on the 1832 Black Hawk Expedition. As Second Lieutenant, Wall then served in operations in Creek Nation (1836), in the Florida War (1836-1838), and in the Cherokee Nation (1838) while transferring them to the West. At the time of the appointment here offered, Wall was on quartermaster duty in the Florida War (1841-1842). In the Mexican War, Captain Wall of the 3rd Artillery was engaged in the Battle of Cerro Gordo, April 17-18, 1847. He was only 39 at his death on August 13, 1847, at Puebla, Mexico. Joel R. Poinsett (1779-1851) was sent to South America by President James Madison in 1809 to investigate the prospects of the revolutionists there in their struggle for independence from Spain. He later served as the first U.S. Minister to Mexico (1825- 1829). An accomplished amateur botanist, Poinsett brought a flower back from Mexico that was renamed the “poinsettia” in his honor. �������������������������������������������������Est. $1500-2500