Signed: By order of the secretary of war: C.A. Dana, assistant secretary of war.
Probably intended to be accompanied by broadside listing authorized newspapers. Cf. United States. War Dept. List of newspapers authorized by the secretary of war to publish advertisements for all the bureaus of the War Department, 1864.
The American Antiquarian Society copy has embossed stamp, presumably that of the stationer.
Printed area measures 20.8 x 15.7 cm.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 11931).