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This certificate appoints Mark W. Delahay, Surveyor General of the United States for the District of Kansas and Nebraska. The certificate is signed by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior.
Creator: United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
Date: April 29, 1861
Item Number: 210076
Call Number: Delahay Family Coll. #326
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210076
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
Collections - Manuscript - Delahay Family
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Lincoln, Abraham
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate - Appointment
People - Notable Kansans - Delahay, Mark William, 1818-1879
People - Notable People - Lincoln, Abraham
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Certificates
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210076