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- GLC#
- GLC00778.11-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- December 21, 1897
- Author/Creator
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901
- Title
- [Appointment of Thomas Ward, Asst. Adj. General with rank of Colonel]
- Pagination
- 1 p. : vellum : docket Height: 49.9 cm, Width: 40 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
Appointment of Thomas Ward as Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Colonel, beginning on September 11, 1897. Signed by William McKinley as President, countersigned by Russel A. Alger. Docketed at top by Acting Adjutant General, reads "Recorded Adjutant General's Office, December 21, 1897". Features a paper stamp from the Office of War and two detailed patriotic scenes.
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