Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as President and “James Madison” as Secretary of State, one page, 15 x 8.5, December 10, 1808. Land grant issued to Joseph Hawkins. In part: “That Joseph Gripe assignee of George Kerns…that full payment has been made for the South East quarter of lot or section number Thirty Six…from the mouth of the great Miami River…directed by the act of Congress, entitled 'An act providing for the sale of the Lands of the United States in the Territory north-west of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky River'….” Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of each signature, mild rippling and wrinkling, and scattered mild toning, otherwise very good condition. All handwriting is a shade or two light but completely legible, and the two signatures are bolder than all of the other writing. The white wafer seal is toned and intact.
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