MONROE, JAMES, 1758-1831, and JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 1767-1848, Presidents. Engraved document signed ("James Monroe" as President and "John Quincy Adams" as Secretary of State), Washington, D.C., 5 April 1821. 1 page, folio, 378 x 305mm. (14 7/8 x 12 in.), accomplished in manuscript, ON FINE PARCHMENT, large papered Great Seal of the U.S. with crimson ribbon attached, small defect at one blank corner, formerly tipped to another sheet. A PATENT FOR A MECHANICAL WEAVING MACHINE, issued by the President to James Morgan, who has "invented a new and useful improvement in warping, dressing, & weaving Cotton by Water or other Power..."

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MONROE, JAMES, 1758-1831, and JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 1767-1848, Presidents. Engraved document signed ("James Monroe" as President and "John Quincy Adams" as Secretary of State), Washington, D.C., 5 April 1821. 1 page, folio, 378 x 305mm. (14 7/8 x 12 in.), accomplished in manuscript, ON FINE PARCHMENT, large papered Great Seal of the U.S. with crimson ribbon attached, small defect at one blank corner, formerly tipped to another sheet. A PATENT FOR A MECHANICAL WEAVING MACHINE, issued by the President to James Morgan, who has "invented a new and useful improvement in warping, dressing, & weaving Cotton by Water or other Power..."