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MONROE, JAMES and JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Presidents. Printed document signed ("James Monroe" as President and "John Quincy Adams" as Secretary of State), [Washington, D.C.], 5 January 1818. 1 page, folio, 365 x 270mm. (19 x 15 3/4 in.), ON PARCHMENT, accomplished in manuscript, with scalloped head and great seal of the United States, small stain at lower left, glazed in a giltwood frame. A whaleship passport with vignettes of an American frigate and harbor scene, allowing the ship "...Brig Active of New York...to Pass with her Company, Passengers, Goods and Merchandise without any hinderance, seizure or molestation..."