Auction 85 Part 2
Historical Militaria and Autographs - Day 2
Oct 29, 2020
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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Nearly 1,600 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 1181:
JAMES MONROE
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Sold for: $340
Start price:
$
200
Estimated price:
$400 - $500
Auction house commission: 30%
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JAMES MONROE
(1758 - 1831) Fifth President of the United States who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase and promulgated the Monroe Doctrine. Partly-printed D.S. as President, 1p. oblong folio, Washington, Sept. 3, 1824, a land grant to 'John Leckey of Kentucky...' for a section of land within the district of Cincinnati. Paper seal affixed to bottom-left. Monroe signs at bottom-right. Cosigned by then- Commissioner of the General Land Office GEORGE GRAHAM (1772 - 1830), who also served as acting United States Secretary of War under the Madison and Monroe administrations. Folds, light staining, else fine. Sold with an A.L.S. from a 'C.B. Thompkins' of McConnellsville, OH, to an attorney 'J. J. Brasic' from Lancaster, PA on March 1, 1842, which was included with the document upon its delivery to us, though its connection to the document is uncertain.
