The President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents greeting: Know ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities of [George H. Swartwout,] I have nominated, and by and with

The President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents greeting: Know ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities of [George H. Swartwout,] I have nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate do appoint him [Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain] in the service of the United States: to rank as such from the [eleventh] day of [March] eighteen hundred and [sixty-three] ... Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this [seventeenth] day of [March] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [sixty-three] ... By the President, [Abraham Lincoln] ...