JEFFERSON, THOMAS, President. Partly printed document signed ("Th:Jefferson") as President, COUNTERSIGNED BY SECRETARY OF STATE, JAMES MADISON. Washington D.C., 20 January 1809. One page, oblong folio, approximately 200 x 370 mm. (7 7/8 x 15½ in.), on vellum, original paper seal of the United States at lower-left, accomplished in manuscript, somewhat shrunken, wrinkled and browned, signature slightly faded (but clearly legible), dime-size hole at upper portion. Granting James Douglass Half a lot of land in Kings County, New York.