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Lot #5
James Monroe Autograph Document Signed as Secretary of State

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ADS as secretary of state, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7.5 x 4.5, August 18, 1814. Handwritten request from James Monroe to Alexander Kerr, cashier of the Bank of the Metropolis, in full: "Be so good as to pay to the Union bank to my acct. the sum of one hundred & ten doll'rs & sixty four cents." Monroe signs below and adds the date and name of the recipient. In very good to fine condition, with overall creasing, and some old repairs on the back.

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