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Thomas Jefferson Signed Land Grant

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Thomas Jefferson Signed Land Grant
<B>Thomas Jefferson Signed Land Grant,</B></I> co-signed by <B>James Madison</B></I> as Secretary of State, one page, 11" x 10" (sight), City of Washington, January 31, 1804, awarding land to the heirs of Revolutionary War veteran Francis Barber who served as a Lt. Colonel. The land is awarded in "<I>pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the fifth day of June 1796, entitled 'An Act regulating the grants of Land appropriated for Military Services , and for the society of the United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the heathen'...</B></I>" Jefferson's signature remains very visible, although a little spotty as is typical on vellum. The document has been flattened, and the folds are well away from his signature, with just a single fold traversing the "s" in Madison. The lot is accompanied by a 1997 map of Tuscarawas County in Ohio, highlighting where the tracts of land granted are situated.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Large (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)