Desirable partly-printed vellum DS, signed twice “James Madison" as president and once "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 15 x 8.5, May 15, 1811. President Madison grants David Craig of Middletown, Pennsylvania, the "North East quarter of Lot or Section Number Twenty two…in Range Number three of the Lands directed to be sold at Steubenville by the act of Congress." Signed at the conclusion by President Madison and Secretary of State Monroe, with Madison also signing at the top of the document. Off-white seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In very good to fine condition, with scattered soiling and several vertical folds. A particularly unusual document given its presence of two Madison signatures; it appears that Madison took it upon himself to add his name to the document header, a duty typically resigned to that of his clerk or secretary.
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