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Lot 254
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,250
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Lot Description
MONROE, James (1758-1831). 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, 30 January 1819.
1 page, on vellum, 4to, 367 x 265 mm, accomplished in manuscript with scalloped edge at top, paper seal, docketed verso, creased from folding, some minor browning, "M" of "Monroe" affected slightly by one fold. Ship’s passport for the Ship China of New York, with David Whittier as Captain, to pass "without any hindrance seisure or molestation."