(Washington D.C.), July 21, 1803. Partial vellum document, signed by President Thomas Jefferson, and Secretary of State James Madison; counter-signed by David Gelston, Collector of the Port of New York. 5 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (139 x 286 mm) Paper seal intact, bottom left. Excised from a larger document; Jefferson and Madison signatures heavily faded; scattered soiling. In mat with engraved portraits of Jefferson and Madison, and in frame 17 x 17 in. (432 x 432 mm).