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- GLC#
- GLC04002.02
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 10 August 1898
- Author/Creator
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901
- Title
- [Commission of William Sampson as rear admiral in Navy]
- Pagination
- 1p. : Height: 49 cm, Width: 37.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
Commission of William Sampson as rear admiral in Navy. Signed by William McKinley as President of the United States and John D. Long as Secretary of the Navy. Promoted for "eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle." Docket on lower lefthand side. Blue seal intact. Document is partially warped.
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