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MONROE, JAMES

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
MONROE, JAMES
<b>100. JAMES MONROE </b>(1758 - 1831) Fifth President of the United States who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase and promulgated the Monroe Doctrine. Rare A.D.S. as President, 1p. oblong 8vo., Washington, June 23, 1824, a check entirely in Monroe's hand, in full: "<i>Washington, June 23, 1824, Sir, Pay to Raphael Jones two hundred dollars for James Monroe $200 Richard Smith Esqr. Cashier of the branch bank of the U. States Washington</i>". Slight show-through from docket on verso, mounted, very good.<b>$1,000-1,500</b>