LETTER OF APPOINTMENT Reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity and ability of Mr. Alexander Frederick Sheffield And on behalf of the President of the United States I do appoint him to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that Office according to law, and to have and to hold the said office with all the powers and privileges thereunto of right appertaining, during the pleasure of the President of the United States …