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JAMES MADISON

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JAMES MADISON
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>JAMES MADISON </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>Partly-printed DS as President on vellum, small folio, Washington, Mar 28, 1811. Paper seal present. Ships passport granting ”<i>the Schooner Virginia Planter of New York, John Henderson master...mounted with no guns navigated with nine men To Pass with her Company Passengers Goods and Merchandise without any hindrance...</i>” Boldly signed at conclusion. Countersigned by Secretary of State </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase'>Robert Smith</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'> (1757-1842) who had previously served as Secretary of the Navy and US Attorney General. Two large sailing vignettes at top center margin, scalloped along top edge of the document. Docketed on verso. Light general toning; normal vertical and horizontal folds evidence minor foxing; o/w VG. Attractive.</span></p>