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Lot #141
James Monroe Document Signed as President

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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 9.25, May 1, 1818. Desirable military land grant by which President Monroe, "in pursuance of the Acts of Congress appropriating and granting Land to the late Army of the United States," grants "William O'Raily, late a private in the Field Company of the Fortieth Regiment of Infantry, a certain Tract of Land, containing one hundred and Sixty Acres." Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by President James Monroe and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. The white paper seal affixed at lower left remains intact. Extensively endorsed on the reverse by O'Raily and a notary public as part of a subsequent real estate transaction. In fine condition, with light soiling.

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