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Lot 261
Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$384
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Lot Description
[Presidential] Monroe, James. Partially-Printed Document, signed
Washington (D.C.), September 20, 1820. Partially-printed General Land Office deed, signed by President James Monroe, granting 160 acres to the agents of Abner Clarkson; counter-signed by Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office. 8 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (222 x 324 mm). Paper seal intact, bottom left. Creasing from old folds; scattered light soiling. In mat with an engraved portrait of Monroe, and in frame, 26 x 19 in. (660 x 483 mm).

