^Lot 1 John Adams

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 12 x 8.5, May 15, 1799. President Adams appoints Benjamin Conant of Massachusetts “a Midshipman in the Navy of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Adams and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert. Intersecting folds, scattered toning and soiling, mild creasing and wrinkling, and several edge chips, otherwise very good condition. Conant would serve in the Navy until he was discharged under the Peace Establishment Act on April 30, 1801.