ADAMS, JOHN, 1735-1826, President. Engraved document signed ("John Adams") as President, countersigned by Secretary of State pro tempore Charles Lee, issued at New York, 13 January 1801. 1 page, folio, 428 x 305mm. (16 7/8 x 12 in.), at top, large engraved vignette of a lighthouse and harbor with three-masted vessels under sail, accomplished in manuscript, ON PARCHMENT, papered great seal of the United States, otherwise in good condition. A SHIP'S PASSPORT, intended to ensure the safe passage of "the Ship Ocean of New Bedford," captained by Benjamin Howland, "to pass with her Company, Passengers, -- Goods and Merchandize, without any hindrance, seizure or molestation..."