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Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States

ADS dated 1 June 1861. Appoints John Woodward Philip a Midshipman. Also signed by Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy.

Appointment of John Woodward Philip as a Midshipman by Abraham Lincoln 



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