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Document 15592

BENJAMIN HARRISON and BENJAMIN F. TRACY
Appointment of an Assistant Engineer in the Navy.
Partly Printed DS: "Benj. Harrison" as President and "B.F. Tracy" as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 15½x19. On vellum. Washington, 1892 July 7. In part: "Know Ye, that reposing special Trust and Confidence in the Patriotism, Valour, Fidelity and Abilities of Harold P. Norton, I have nominated and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint him to the grade of Passed Assistant Engineer with the relative ranking of Lieutenant Junior Grade from the 5th day of April 1892 in the service of the United States. He is therefore carefully and diligently, to discharge the Duties of a Passed Assistant Engineer by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereto belonging...." At the time Harrison signed this document, the Navy was entering into an era of growth. The Navy focused on developing its intelligence, training its men and building ships that could hold heavy, powerful artillery. A small "New Navy" of 20 modern war crafts was well prepared to meet the Spanish in war in 1898. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TRACY served as Secretary of the Navy from 1889-1893. Blank edges are soiled and wrinkled, else fine.

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