Desirable partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 11.5 x 17.75, March 14, 1804. Scallop-topped ship’s pass issued to "Eastwick Pray master or commander, of the burthen of one hundred tons or thereabouts, mounted with no guns, navigated with seven men. To pass with her Company, Passengers, Goods and Merchandize, without any hindrance, seizure or molestation.” Signed at the conclusion by President Jefferson, Secretary of State Madison, and countersigned by Collector of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Joseph Whipple. In very good condition, with heavy overall wrinkling, several tiny areas of vellum loss (one just impinging on one letter of Madison's signature), and all handwriting, including the two signatures, very light but still legible.
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