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Lot 282
Sale 6426 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 13, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,920
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Lot Description
MONROE, James (1758-1831). Partly engraved document signed as President ("James Monroe"), COUNTERSIGNED BY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ( "John Quincy Adams"), and by the collector of the port, 28 August 1820.
1 page, on vellum, folio (367 x 265 mm), accomplished in manuscript, scalloped edge at top, paper seal, docketed verso, creased from folding, some soiling, "o" of "Monroe" affected slightly by one fold. Ship's passport for the brig Abeona of New York with William H. Nichols as master of commander of the ship with seven men and no guns to pass "without any hinderance, seisure or molestation."
This lot is located in Chicago.