JEFFERSON, THOMAS; and JAMES MADISON, Presidents. Document signed by both: ("Th:Jefferson") as President and countersigned ("James Madison") as Secretary of State. New York, 10 August 1802. One page, folio, 460 x 275 mm. (18 x 10¾ in.), ON PARCHMENT, finely engraved italic text at top, "By the President of the United States," beneath a large engraved vignette of a fully-rigged ship beside a lighthouse on a rocky isle (apparently some early coloring on vignette), scallop edge at top, papered seal at lower left, accomplished in manuscript, ink faded on signatures, some browning and creases; matted and framed. Ship's passport for the Sloop Resolution of New York Isle.

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JEFFERSON, THOMAS; and JAMES MADISON, Presidents. Document signed by both: ("Th:Jefferson") as President and countersigned ("James Madison") as Secretary of State. New York, 10 August 1802. One page, folio, 460 x 275 mm. (18 x 10¾ in.), ON PARCHMENT, finely engraved italic text at top, "By the President of the United States," beneath a large engraved vignette of a fully-rigged ship beside a lighthouse on a rocky isle (apparently some early coloring on vignette), scallop edge at top, papered seal at lower left, accomplished in manuscript, ink faded on signatures, some browning and creases; matted and framed. Ship's passport for the Sloop Resolution of New York Isle.

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