PIERCE, Franklin. Engraved document signed ("Franklin Pierce"), as President, Washington, D. C., 17 Oct. 1855, countersigned by James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy. Military appointment promoting William K. Mayo to "Master" in the Navy.
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PIERCE, Franklin (1804-1869). Engraved document signed ("Franklin Pierce"), as President, Washington, D. C., 17 October 1855, countersigned by James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy.
1 page, folio, 410 x 342 mm, on vellum, with paper seal, creased, dampstaining affecting signature.
Military appointment promoting William K. Mayo to "Master (in the line of promotion)" in the Navy. William Kennon Mayo (1824-1900) was an officer in the U.S. Navy, ultimately rising to the rank of Commodore. He was appointed midshipman for active service in the Mexican-American War, and then worked as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy. During the Civil War, he was appointed executive officer of the Housatonic during the Union blockade of Charleston. He stayed in the Navy after the end of the Civil War, attaching to various ships before being named commandant of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard from 1882 to 1885.
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