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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

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Auction Date:2011 Feb 09 @ 19:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Partly-printed DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 20.5 x 16.5, July 14, 1804. A four-language ship’s papers issued to James Kennedy, “master or commander of the brig called Experiment…lying at present at the port of New Orleans bound for Liverpool and laden with cotton & logwood….” Affixed to the bottom of the paper is the seldom-seen notorized manuscript document, written out and signed by Henry Brown, which reads, “Sworn by Captain James Kennedy to the truth of the … Sea Letter of the Brig Experiment. At New Orleans on this thirteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and four.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds (horizontal fold lightly touching top edge of Jefferson’s signature; a few partial separations and all folds reinforced from reverse), show-through from adhesive on reverse, feathering to Madison’s signature, mild wrinkling, and a few scattered areas of staining. The white wafer seal is toned and intact. Jefferson’s signature is exceptionally large, bold, and dark. A desirable presidential combination.