Certificate acknowledging Henry Bowen's appointment as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third District of New York, signed by President Abraham Lincoln. Under glass; elaborate, rectangular gilt and gesso frame. .
certificates
commemoratives
paper (fiber product)
government
Unidentified Paper
Eagle
Government
Certificate, Commemorative
Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (Signer)
Washington, DC, USA
19 1/4 x 23 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.566
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