President James Monroe Signed 1823 Vellum LAND GRANT: Territory NW Of The Ohio
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:1351773 | Original/Reproduction: Original |
Land grant to the assignee of a Revolutionary War veteran, signed by the President. Original Vellum Land Grant signed: " James Monroe " as U.S. President and by George Graham as Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1p, 9x13. Washington, D.C., 1823 . Intact 1¾x1¾ United States General Land Office paper seal near lower left corner, on vellum. Lightly toned, creased. Signatures bold and legible. Otherwise in fine condition.This land grant, for a p...arcel of land in what had been the Northwest Territory, was to John Franklin as assignee of Lewis Noel.Captain George Graham (1772 – August 9, 1830) served as acting U.S. Secretary of War under two U.S. Presidential administrations from 1816 to 1817. Outside of his Cabinet service, he is best known for a mission to Galveston Island, Texas to persuade the small Bonapartist colony of Champ d'Asile to accept American jurisdiction. There he met with privateer Jean Laffite. This voyage is considered the first Anglo-American account of a sea voyage to Texas.[1] Graham fell ill with acute dysentery on his return trip from Champ d'Asile, but was healed by Atakapa natives.[2] He was president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United States, 1819–1823, and commissioner of the U.S. land office, 1823 - 1830. This is an original historical piece, not a copy or reproduction.
