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LOT 427

Lot 427

James Monroe Signed Presidential Land Grant Countersigned by Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office 1817

James Monroe Signed Presidential Land Grant Countersigned by Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office 1817
Lot 427 Details
James Monroe Signed Presidential Land Grant Countersigned by Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office 1817

on vellum, with engraved allegorical scene of a soldier and family receiving the grant from Columbia holding the Union shield, faded red paper seal in lower left, script in clerical hand, granting 160 acres of Illinois territory 'unto the said Jessa Colburn, late a drummer in the Ways Company of the fourth Regiment of Infantry'
framed 14.5 x 17.5 in — 36.8 x 44.5 cm; sight 9.5 x 12 in — 24.1 x 30.5 cm

Estimate $300-$500

Realised: $350
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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