Fine Books and Manuscripts including Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

Fine Books and Manuscripts including Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

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JEFFERSON, THOMAS | Ship's paper signed ("The: Jefferson") as third President

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JEFFERSON, THOMAS

Ship's paper signed ("The: Jefferson") as third President


Engraved document on vellum (15 3/4 x 11 in.; 400 x 280 mm), 1807, countersigned by Secretary of State James Madison, naval vignettes at top, with scalloped receipt cut, embossed paper seal; soiled and very faded, with accomplishment illegible but Jefferson's signature reasonably unfaded. Framed and glazed.