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Lot 7
Sale 5604 - The Presidential Sale
Nov 12, 2020
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$4,375
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Thomas Jefferson (1801-09) Autograph Document, signed
Washington (D.C.), December 29, 1802. 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (123 x 196 mm). Autograph document, signed by Thomas Jefferson as President, ordering his business advisor John Barnes to pay É(tienne). Lemaire, staff member in the President's House (The White House), the sum of $91.12; docketed by Lemaire, in French, at bottom; docketed on verso. Creasing from original folds; some spotting at bottom; residue from previous mounting along top edge verso. Lot includes a tobacco card of Jefferson.