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JACKSON, ANDREW, President. Engraved document signed ("Andrew Jackson") as President, countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth, Washington, D.C., 15 August 1836. 1 page, folio, 365 x 270 mm. (19 x 15¾ in.), PRINTED ON PARCHMENT, accomplished in manuscript, with scalloped top edge, large papered Great Seal of the United States, attractively framed.Fine. A SHIP'S PASSPORT. Attractively engraved, with calligraphic heading "By the President of the United States of America," with vignettes of an fully-rigged American sailing vessel at top and a detailed harbor scene with lighthouse and sailing vessels, requesting that the Brig Ann Maria of Fall River be permitted to "Pass with her Company, Passengers, Goods and Merchandise without any hindrance, seizure or molestation..."