One partially printed page. Lincoln authorizes and appoints "Christopher Robinson, of Rhode Island, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Peru...until the end of the next session of the Senate of the United States, and no longer..." Boldly signed by Lincoln. Countersigned by William H. Seward as Secretary of State. With a blind embossed seal of the United States at the lower left. Robinson served as Minister to Peru from 1861-1866.