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Sep 23 | 6:00 AM EDT
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Sale 5657
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| Philadelphia
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Estimate$4,000 – $6,000
(Washington, D.C.), August 3, 1804. 15 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (384 x 298 mm) (sight). Attractive partially-printed scalloped ship's passport on vellum (Number One), signed by President Thomas Jefferson ("Th: Jefferson") and Secretary of State James Madison ("James Madison"), for the Brig Juliana, commanded by Abraham Williams; counter-signed by Collector of the Port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, William Rogers; paper seal intact, bottom left. Creasing from original folds. Unexamined out of mat and frame, 23 x 18 1/4 in. (584 x 463 mm).
The Brig Juliana was built in 1804 in Newbury, Massachusetts, weighed 203 tons, was mounted with four guns, and was commanded by Abraham Williams, with a crew of 11 men. A fine example.
![[Presidential] Jefferson, Thomas Signed Ship's Passport](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/8f160834-9f5a-4ab9-ad42-f691cad3c5fa?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[Presidential] Jefferson, Thomas Signed Ship's Passport](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/690e9f48-bda7-4cc1-971d-2c50c8c9004c?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)