LINCOLN, Abraham. Engraved document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 6 April 1864. 1 page, folio. PRINTED ON PARCHMENT, elaborately engraved, blue paper seal of the United States at left, bold heading at top "The President of the United States," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto fly above billowing clouds, at bottom a large vignette of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia, with small legend "Engraved by J.V.N. and C.H. Throop, Washn. City," accomplished in manuscript. AN ASSISTANT SURGEON'S APPOINTMENT: President and Secretary Stanton appoint J.H. Kinsman an assistant surgeon.