Box 59x

Special Passport as Commissioner General of the United States to the Columbian Historical Exposition, in Madrid, Spain. Signed by Acting Secretary of State William F. Wharton, 21 June 1892.

Certificate of membership in the Aztec Club of 1847 by virtue of his service as a midshipman during the Mexican War. Dated 13 October 1894, New York. Signed by four officers of the Aztec Club.

Document in Spanish awarding Luce the Great Cross of Naval Merit with mark for his services as U.S. delegate to the exposition commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, Madrid, Spain, 1892. Signed by the Queen regent for her son, King Alfonso XIII, and by Minister of the Navy, Pascual Cervera, 1 March 1893.

Document in Latin by Father Joseph Maria Rodal, Custodial Vicar, Convent of the Holy Savior, Jerusalem, on 20 August 1843, granting Luce permission to visit. Second signature is illegible. Seal torn off.

English translation of the document awarding Luce the Great Cross of Naval Merit with the white distinctive mark for his services as the U.S. Honorary Commissioner to the Columbian Historical Exposition, Madrid, Spain, 1892. Translated by Luis Martinez y de Arce, Under Secretary, 13 May 1893.