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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.75 x 8.75, March 18, 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 "Andrew Seips, late a Private in Smith’s Company of the thirty-second Regiment of Infantry, a certain Tract of Land, containing One Hundred and Sixty Acres…in the Territory of Illinois" 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 the lower left remains intact. In fine condition, with scattered faint staining and soiling.
Issued during Monroe’s first presidential term, this document represents the federal government’s longstanding practice of rewarding military service through grants of western land. Andrew Seips served as a private in the 32nd U.S. Infantry, a regiment raised during the War of 1812, and received 160 acres under congressional bounty-land legislation enacted for veterans of the conflict. Such grants played an important role in both compensating former soldiers and encouraging settlement of the expanding American frontier.
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