MONROE, James. Engraved document signed ("James Monroe") as President, COUNTERSIGNED BY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS and by the Collector of the Port of Boston, Washington, 31 August 1822. 1 page, folio (11½ x 15 in.) PRINTED ON PARCHMENT, accomplished in manuscript, with scalloped edge at top, large papered Great Seal of the United States. Finely engraved with calligraphic text at top: "By the President of the United States of America," beneath two nautical vignettes: one of a 3-mast ship at sea, and the other a lighthouse and harbor scene, showing several boats making for a steepled and heavily defended town. A mediterranean-type ship's passport for the Enterprise of Nantucket, skippered by Ruben Weeks, carrying 413 tons, no guns, and a crew of 23.