Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 16.25 x 9.25, August 18, 1804. President Jefferson grants "Elias Boudinot of Philadelphia" a tract of land "in the Fourth Range of the Land lying between the Great Miami river and the Virginia reservation." Crisply signed at the conclusion by President Thomas Jefferson and countersigned by Secretary of State James Madison. The white paper seal affixed at lower left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light toning and soiling, and tiny areas of trivial loss along the intersecting folds.
Elias Boudinot (1740–1821) was an American lawyer, statesman, and influential leader during the Revolutionary era. He rose to prominence as a delegate to the Continental Congress and served as its president in 1782, helping oversee the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. A contemporary of Thomas Jefferson, Boudinot shared Jefferson’s commitment to the founding principles of the new republic, though they often held differing views on religion and federal power. He later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the U.S. Mint, a role he continued to hold until 1805 during Jefferson’s presidency.
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