Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 15.5 x 8.5, October 1, 1806. President Jefferson grants John Robertson of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a plot of land within “the Lands directed to be sold at Steubenville by the act of Congress.” Signed at the conclusion by Jefferson and countersigned by Madison. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good condition, with wrinkling and soiling, and a small crescent-shaped area of irregularity inherent to the vellum in the upper left.
The plot of land in question was located in the Northwest Territory, which was comprised of lands bounded in the west by the Mississippi River and in the east by the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Great Lakes and Canadian border down to the Ohio River. Steubenville was the seat of Jefferson County, Ohio—named for Thomas Jefferson, then vice president, upon its establishment in 1797—and home to the first federal land office. A superb example of a document representing American expansion in its foundational years, signed by one of the most sought-after presidential combinations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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