Monroe, James, fifth President

 

Autograph letter signed ('James Monroe"), one page (9 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.; 240 x 195 mm, sight) with address leaf, Oak Hill, London, 22 June 1821, to John Watson, Milton, Virginia, regarding a transfer of land from his nephew to himself; one spot on letter, hole near folds on address leaf, leaf stained and browned along folds. Matted with a portrait of Monroe, double-glazed, and framed.

Autograph letter signed ('James Monroe"), one page (9 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.; 240 x 195 mm, sight) with address leaf, Oak Hill, London, 22 June 1821, to John Watson, Milton, Virginia, regarding a transfer of land from his nephew to himself; one spot on letter, hole near folds on address leaf, leaf stained and browned along folds. Matted with a portrait of Monroe, glazed, and framed.
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Family business. Monroe writes to John Watson, an Albemarle County, Virginia magistrate, that a title for fifty acres of land held by his nephew Augustine, is to be transferred to him. The transfer was being made to compensate Monroe for two hundred and fifty dollars that he gave his nephew to pay off some debts.