JEFFERSON, THOMAS and JAMES MADISON, Presidents. Document signed by both ("Th:Jefferson") as President ("James Madison") as Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., l July l80l. One page, folio, ON VELLUM, papered seal at lower left, accomplished in manuscript, a small hole in blank central portion, not affecting text, soiling. Granting to William Ruggles, "a Fifer in the late army...in consideration of his Military Service," one hundred acres "in pursuance of the Act of Congress...."

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JEFFERSON, THOMAS and JAMES MADISON, Presidents. Document signed by both ("Th:Jefferson") as President ("James Madison") as Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., l July l80l. One page, folio, ON VELLUM, papered seal at lower left, accomplished in manuscript, a small hole in blank central portion, not affecting text, soiling. Granting to William Ruggles, "a Fifer in the late army...in consideration of his Military Service," one hundred acres "in pursuance of the Act of Congress...."