The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana 

Monroe, James President's Message. National Intelligencer … Extra. Washington, Tuesday, December 2, 1823. This day, at 12 o'clock, the President of the United States transmitted to both Houses of Congress … the following Message. … James Monroe. Washington: [Joseph Gales & William Winston Seaton,] December 2, 1823 Broadside newspaper extra on a full sheet of wove paper, unwatermarked (560 x 378 mm, preserving deckle on all edges). Text in 5 columns separated by thin rules, 3 headlines; a few light spots of foxing. Half red morocco folding-case gilt. First printing of the Monroe Doctrine, one of the most important of American state papers and the guiding principle of United States diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere since its promulgation; a unique variant issue, previously unrecorded. The fear that the continental powers were planning to reconquer the Latin American republics that had declared their independence from Spain—coupled with irritation over Russia's intention to quarantine the Northwest coast of America from all but Russian vessels—led President Monroe to articulate a policy that would obligate the European powers to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of influence and prevent their intervention in the New World. His eponymous doctrine boldly declared that "the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for further colonization by any European powers," and that any subsequent European meddling in the Americas could not be viewed "in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States." The fifteen-page Government Printing Office pamphlet of the Monroe Doctrine was assumed to have precedence as the earliest appearance of the text, until the Streeter copy of the present broadside extra of the National Intelligencer appeared. The Intelligencer was founded in 1810, and shortly after the War of 1812 it became the de facto (and, on occasion, the official) administration organ and congressional printer, a position it maintained until Andrew Jackson succeeded John Quincy Adams in the White House. Very rare. Only three or four copies seem to be known and none has been sold at auction for a quarter century. The present copy differs from the others in several points: the second headline, "National Intelligencer … Extra," is set in much larger type; a paragraph in the third column has been reset; and there are a few differences in capitalization and other settings. No priority can be established between the two issues, which may have been printed concurrently on separate presses in the newspaper's offices. At least two of the other copies (Streeter, which was resold by us in the Stanley Paul Sax auction, 17 January 1998, lot 187; and another copy sold by us 13 December 1995, lot 280) are either badly stained or worn with some loss of text. The present copy is darkly printed and beautifully preserved in original condition. The text of the Monroe Doctrine did not appear in the National Intelligencer proper until the issue of 4 December. REFERENCE Celebration of My Country 167; Streeter 3:1734; cf. Grolier/American 33 (government pamphlet printing)

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Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana

Monroe, James Message from the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 2, 1823. Printed by the order of the Senate of the United States. Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823 8vo (231 x 142 mm). Title-pages, numerous folding charts and tables; foxing, holograph annotations to title and front free endpaper, a few pages creased at corners. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine ruled blind in 6 compartments, 2nd compartment with leather label lettered in gilt; worn, rubbed at extremities with loss to spine and corners, and board edges with some exposure. First printing of the Monroe Doctrine in book form. The fear that the continental powers were planning to reconquer the Latin American republics that had declared their independence from Spain—coupled with irritation over Russia's intention to quarantine the Northwest coast of America from all but Russian vessels—led President Monroe to articulate a policy (largely drafted by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams) that would obligate the European powers to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of influence and prevent their intervention in the New World. His eponymous doctrine boldly declared that "the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for further colonization by any European powers," and that any subsequent European meddling in the Americas could not be viewed "in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States." Prior to this edition, the Monroe Doctrine had only been printed in newspapers; the volume also includes numerous reports from the same session of Congress. PROVENANCE S. Lathrop (signature to pastedown)

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Property from Joseph Rubinfine, American Historical Autographs

Property from Joseph Rubinfine, American Historical Autographs MONROE, JAMES PRINTED DOCUMENT SIGNED AS SECRETARY OF STATES ("JAS MONROE"), BEING "INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PRIVATE ARMED VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES" IN THE WAR OF 1812 2 1/2 printed pages (6 3/4 x 7 in.; 170 x 178 mm, and 11 x 7 in.; 278 x 178 mm) on laid paper, [Washington, after 26 June 1812], unaccomplished; minor browning. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Monroe. Matted, framed, and glazed together; not examined out of frame. A statute of 26 June 1812, passed eight days after the declaration of war, outlines the procedures by which the President may issue letters of marque and reprisal to American privateers, including a provision that the chief executive "establish and order suitable instructions for the better governing and directing the conduct the vessels, ... their officers and crews, copies of which shall be delivered, by the collector of the customs, to the commanders ..." of the privateers. The present document combines the Presidential instructions to be given each privateer, which are printed on the recto of the second leaf, with the full text of the "Act concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes and Prize Goods," which is printed on the recto and verso of the first leaf and statute signed in letterpress by President James Madison, Speaker of the House Henry Clay, and the President pro-tem of the Senate, William H. Crawford. Blank spaces are left at the head of the leaf signed by Monroe for the names of the captain and his ship. This unaccomplished copy was one of those sent to American collectors of customs during the War of 1812 for issuance, as called for, to privateers.

monroe, james. a document signed, being "instructions for the private armed vessels of the united states" in the war of 1812

American Manuscripts & other Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang

JAMES MONROE PARTIALLY PRINTED DOCUMENT SIGNED ("JAMES MONROE") AS 5TH PRESIDENT, AND JOSIAH MEIGS ("JOSIAH MEIGS") AS COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED STATES GENERAL LAND OFFICE 1 page (12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.; 324 x 241 mm) on vellum, engraved allegorical scene in top left corner depicting soldier and family receiving the grant from Columbia holding the Union shield, paper seal in lower left, script accomplished in clerical hand, Washington, 7 May 1821, docketed on verso; old folds, some staining, smudging to script. A presidential land grant, awarding 320 acres in the Arkansas Territory to Archibald Louis (?). Countersigned by Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office.

james monroe | a presidential land grant, signed by james monroe, as 5th president, and countersigned by josiah meigs, as commissioner of the general land office

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 1

James Monroe Autograph letter signed by the fifth President ("Jas. Monroe") as United States Minister to Great Britain, 4 pages (251 x 200 mm) on a bifolium of laid paper (watermarked Posthorn), London, 21 August 1803, to Joel Barlow; a few small stains. Half red morocco slipcase, chemise. James Monroe authorizes a $2,000,000 down payment in order to secure the Louisiana Purchase: "It ought not to be suspected that we are trifling with the Go[vernmen]t of France, or gaining time by an idle correspondence." "Robert Livingston and James Monroe closed on the sweetest real estate deal of the millennium when they signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris on April 30, 1803. They were authorized to pay France up to $10 million for the port of New Orleans and the Floridas. When offered the entire territory of Louisiana—an area larger than Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal combined—the American negotiators swiftly agreed to a price of $15 million. … The Louisiana Purchase added 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River to the United States. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States had purchased a territory whose natural resources amounted to a richness beyond anyone's wildest calculations" (NARA). Although the Louisiana Purchase had been signed four months earlier, at the time of this letter it had not yet been ratified by Congress (and wouldn’t be until 21 October 1803), and there was some fear that the French government under Napoleon might repudiate the agreement. Monroe, then acting as minister in London, and Robert Livingston, the United States envoy to France, had at their joint disposal a sum of $2,000,000 that could, if necessary, be paid to the French government as an advance payment for the territory. In this important letter—evidently unknown to the editors of The Papers of James Monroe—Monroe provides Joel Barlow with letters to be delivered to Livingston and the French negotiator, François Barbé-Marbois, as well as his own authorization of the advance. Barlow was an American poet, diplomat, politician, and (since 1792) a citizen of France. American consul in Algiers from 1795 to 1797 and appointed U.S. minister to France in 1811, Barlow was at this time something of a freelance diplomat, trusted by the French as well as by Monroe. "I commit to your care a letter to Mr. Livingston containing an act of our govt subjecting to his & my joint disposition a certain sum of money [$2,000,000] to be appropriated to our late treaty with France: also an instrument signed by me to make the appropriation of that money to that object, with a letter to him on the subject. I also commit to your care a letter to Mr. Marbois … in which I inform him that Mr. Livingston's & my power is joint; that I have executed an instrument for the proposed object & inclosed it to Mr. Livingston, on obtaining whose signature the act is complete. … I then add to Mr. Marbois that … the consul will find in this procedure a convincing proof of the fair intentions of our govt to execute the treaty with promptitude & fidelity, … that I am persuaded he will feel the disposition to make a declaration of like confidence in our government." Monroe enjoins Barlow to handle the delivery of the letters with extreme caution and discretion: "I wish the letters to Mr. Marbois & Mr. Livingston to be delivered immediately. … If Mr. Marbois is absent I wish you to call at his office, the treasury, & commit the letter to him. … If Mr. L is absent his letter ought not to be committed to the post office. Supposing both absent it will be proper to enclose to Mr. Marbois, his, & inform him that you have one to Mr. L, which you wish him to receive without delay. …" Monroe’s departure for Paris had been delayed by illness, and, according to Dumas Malone, his arrival—late or otherwise—was resented by Livingston: "Being confident that he had gained respect for himself in French officialdom and doubting if Monroe, who had manifested such enthusiasm for democracy when minister to France, would be welcomed by the autocratic First Consul, Livingston thought himself in better position to negotiate than his prospective colleague would be. The mission of Monroe was a blow to his vanity and was regarded by him as needless" (Jefferson the President: First Term [UVA Press, 2005], p. 289). But there was ill-feeling on both sides: Monroe’s letter reveals his impatience with Livingston, who appeared willing to authorize the advance but not to take the responsibility for it. "By Mr. M's letter to me it appears that Mr. L had given him reason to believe that he was willing to give the guaranty. … By Mr. Livingston's letter to me the contrary is evident. It is possible that Mr. Marbois may have misunderstood him; it is more probable that Mr. Livingston may have written his letter to me in that manner, to throw the whole responsibility of the measure on me, for I cannot think that he will hesitate to sign the guaranty, after what has passed. If he signs & executes the instrument, you will let the affair rest precisely where the above places it. It has been my invariable conduct to give him all the support I could with the French govt, for the credit of our own and advantage of our citizens, as from motives of delicacy to himself … but, if he refuses then I think it a duty that I owe to our govt, as well as my self to let it be known to the French Govt, that this failure is owing altogether to him: that I have done with the strictest good faith everything that I could. In that case you will show to Mr. Marbois a copy of the act of Congress and the instrument of guaranty signed by me, and give him such other information respecting the transaction. …" "It ought not to be suspected that we are trifling with the Govt of France, or gaining time by an idle correspondence. I told Mr. M … that I would guaranty that sum, if Mr. L agreed, & I shall not retrace my steps. … I still think the measure a wise and proper one & wish it to be carried into effect. If it is not, let the true cause be known: it will then be considered a personal one, which will excite no irritation in French government towards our own. The case will be submitted to our government who will only be responsible afterwards for the part it takes. If Mr. Livingston refuses to execute the act …I do not know … that I can do anything, farther than advise the bankers to advance the money. … You may also hint to Mr. M that he had better not write me, except by necessity, on this business, for considerations of delicacy. …" One thing that Monroe and Livingston did agree on was the necessity of President Jefferson accelerating the ratification of the treaty to forestall any attempt by Napoleon to circumvent its implementation. Because a down payment would make it more difficult for France to renege prior to ratification, Monroe proposed the use of the special appropriation of $2,000,000, and Livingston concurred. Initially the French had declined the offer, but in late August, Barbé-Marbois, the French treasury minister, had requested it. "Promptly forwarding an order on the British banking firm of Hope & Co. …, Monroe was astonished when Livingston refused to approve the advance, because it exceeded their powers. … The Minister to France finally signed only because he feared that he might bear the full blame if Napoleon should use their refusal as a justification for withdrawing the cession. Livingston, however, did manage to withhold his signature until news from America made it certain that the treaty would not encounter any difficulties in the Senate. Monroe's willingness to make the advance was rather risky, for the envoys had not been specifically authorized to advance a payment …" (H. Almon, James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity [1990], p. 221). On the same day he wrote the present letter to Barlow, Monroe wrote somewhat more candidly about his dissension and rivalry with Livingston to Fulwar Skipwith, U.S. Consul-General in France, who assisted Livingston during the negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase: “Mr, Barlow will confer with you on a new topic in which Mr L is a party. He will shew you the papers which explain it, and he well knows the interest which you take in whatever concerns yr country, its government, & me personally to calculate on yr advice & good offices in it, if they shod be wanting. The old gentn is well disposed to throw the responsibility on me, and I am at all times willing to take what is proper, but to do justice to the affr I have deemed it necessary to go further back into the business than he may like. … It will be proper to use your usual caution & secrecy in this as in all other similar cases. … I hope you have kept or will keep a minute account of every thing you know on the subject, of what he said on hearing of my appointment before my arrival, down to the moment of it, & afterwards: such as that the measure could not succeed that Ross’s resolutions ought to be adopted &c. As also what he said afterwards, especially after Mr Marbois called on him while we were there stating that Mr Marbois told him that the govt had resolved on the cession, it appearing to be the first intelligence, his regretting that I had arrived to take from him his due &c, attributing to his memoirs &c the result, not to the measures of the government. I think that gentn has completely seperated himself from his govt, & that his mov’ments ought to be attended to, to prevent his doing mischief. Perhaps the opportunity may not be offered him, but you who have sound & pure objects in view, who have known his past & present conduct, ought to be attentive to his future” (The Papers of James Monroe, vol. 5). Skipwith replied to this letter on 11 September 1803, stating that he and Joel Barlow had met with Livingston, and that Livingston said that he would endorse the guarantee as a show of support for Monroe, even though he disapproved of it. The Papers of James Monroe also provides the text of the 20 August 1803 Instrument of Guarantee proffered by Monroe and Livingston: “We the undersigned Ministers Plenipotentiary & Envoy Extraordinary of the U. States of America to the French Republic hereby engage to guaranty on the part of the United States, by virtue of the within powers (the Act of Congress & the Presidents & Secretary of the Treasurys powers) any sum or sums of money not exceeding the amount of ten millions of livres which the house of Hope & Co may pay in advance to the Govt of France on account of the convention between that house & the Govt of France for the purchase of the stock to be created by the Congress of the United States in compliance with the treaty & conventions between the said US. & the French Republic for & in consideration of the cession of Louisiana to the former by the latter power, which treaty & conventions bear date on the 30 of April of the present year. The object of this guarantee is to indemnify the said company in any payment it may immediately make by an anticipation or otherwise to the govt of France of any sum not exceeding the said amount of ten millions of livres for the purchase of the said stock by said Company of said Govt to be created by the U. S. on the principles & in compliance with the treaty & conventions abovementioned.” On the last day of August 1803, Monroe reported on the issue to Secretary of State James Madison. “In consequence of a late application from Mr Marbois I have executed an act of guarantee in favor of Hope & Co for 10 Millions of livres, on which if Mrr Livingston joins in it, the French Government will be able to command that sum of that Company on account of the stock to be created under our treaty with France. It was understood in the commencement of the Negotiation by Mr Marbois, and in every subsequent stage, that I would (so far as depended on me) give such a guarantee if it should be desired by his government, which idea was again suggested on the 7 of June as you were apprized in my letter of [8 June]. It was therefore impossible for me to refuse it on the late application, especially as I could see no objection to it, of such weight as to counterbalance the arguments in its favor. I consider the measure, if carried into effect in the manner proposed, as making perfectly secure the Cession of Louisiana to the United States. This Govt cannot object to it on principle if it was disposed so to do: But I cannot concieve that it is so disposed. … By Mr Livingstons letter to me it appears that he has shewn a disposition to throw the whole responsibility of this act on me, from which I am not inclined to shrink so far as it is properly attributable to me; tho’ in my answer I took occasion to intimate that I did not fully accede to his doctrine. I have transmitted to him the instrument with my signiture which if executed by him will be effectual to the object intended by it.” (The Papers of James Monroe, vol. 5). Livingston wrote to Monroe on 10 December 1803 to tell that he had completed the arrangements for the payment of the guarantee. By the end of the year, the United States had taken formal possession of Louisiana. PROVENANCE: Sotheby's New York, 24 November 1980, lot 219 (undesignated consignor) — Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard (Christie's New York, 26 January 1996, lot 173)

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Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

The Property of a Gentleman [EMERSON, RALPH WALDO, HENRY DAVID THOREAU, ET AL]. The Dial: A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, and Company (vol. I); E.P. Peabody (vols. II and III); and James Monroe and Co. (vol. IV), 1840-1844 16 parts in 4 vols., 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.; 215 x 136 mm). General title-page to each volume; minor toning and occasional spotting, title-pages of vols. III & IV repaired. Uniformly bound in early 20th century tan cloth covered boards. First edition of the influential Transcendentalist literary magazine The primary function of The Dial was "to furnish a medium for the freest expression of thought on the questions which interest earnest minds in every community" (lower wrapper). Bronson Alcott suggested the title, Margaret Fuller edited the first eight issues, and Emerson edited the last eight. Among its contributors were Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, Theodore Parker other great authors and philosophers of the period. Mott notes that its circulation "never exceeded three hundred, and probably never quite reached that figure." Complete copies of The Dial are rare, with only 5 copies recorded in American Book Prices Current. REFERENCE: BAL 5799; Mott, A History of American Magazine I:702-10; Myerson A11.1

[emerson, ralph waldo, henry david thoreau, et al] | the dial: a magazine for literature, philosophy, and religion. boston: weeks, jordan, and company (vol. i); e.p. peabody (vols. ii and iii); and james monroe and co. (vol. iv), 1840-1844

JAMES MADISON DOCUMENT SIGNED ("JAMES MADISON") AS FOURTH PRESIDENT, BEING NOAH WADHAMS'S APPOINTMENT AS "PRINCIPAL ASSESSOR … FOR THE TWENTIETH DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA" Engraved broadside document (9 7/8 x 15 1/8 in.; 250 x 382 mm) on paper, accomplished in a neat clerical hand, Washington, 6 January 1814, countersigned by the Secretary of State ("Jas Monroe"), embossed paper seal of the Department of State, headed "Duplicate" in upper margin; small loss at intersecting fold costing a few letters of accomplishment of the year of the nation's independence. James Monroe, who would succeed Madison to the presidency, has here been erroneously designated as "Acting Secretary of State" by a clerk's annotation. Monroe's appointment as Secretary of State ad interim did not begin until 1 October 1814, when he was also serving as Secretary of War.

james madison | an appointment for a tax assessor in pennsylvania signed by james madison and james monroe

Making Our Nation: Constitutions and Related Documents. Sold to Benefit the Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation. Part 1

Monroe, James President's Message. National Intelligencer … Extra. Washington, Tuesday, December 2, 1823. This day, at 12 o'clock, the President of the United States transmitted to both Houses of Congress … the following Message. … James Monroe. Washington: [Joseph Gales & William Winston Seaton,] December 2, 1823 Broadside newspaper extra on a full sheet of wove paper, unwatermarked (562 x 373 mm, preserving deckle on three edges). Text in 5 columns separated by thin rules, 3 headlines, creased where folded to sent in the mails, with address panel, remnant of wax seal, and dockets ("Message of the President 1823"; "Presidents Message For 1823 Js. Monroe") on verso; some tiny losses at intersecting folds, a few other short fold separations or small spots of ink erosion, some light scattered soiling. Half red morocco slipcase, chemise. First printing of the Monroe Doctrine, one of the most important of American state papers and the guiding principle of United States diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere since its promulgation. The fear that the continental powers were planning to reconquer the Latin American republics that had declared their independence from Spain—coupled with irritation over Russia's intention to quarantine the Northwest coast of America from all but Russian vessels—led President Monroe to articulate a policy (largely drafted by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams) that would obligate the European powers to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of influence and prevent their intervention in the New World. His eponymous doctrine boldly declared that "the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for further colonization by any European powers," and that any subsequent European meddling in the Americas could not be viewed "in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States." The fifteen-page Government Printing Office pamphlet of the Monroe Doctrine was assumed to have precedence as the earliest appearance of the text, until the Thomas Streeter copy of the present broadside extra of the National Intelligencer appeared at auction in 1967. The Intelligencer was founded in 1810, and shortly after the War of 1812 it became the de facto (and, on occasion, the official) administration organ and congressional printer, a position it maintained until Andrew Jackson succeeded John Quincy Adams in the White House. Very rare. Only five or six copies seem to be known and only one has been sold at auction for a quarter century. One of the surviving copies differs from the others in several points: the second headline, "National Intelligencer … Extra," is set in much larger type; a paragraph in the third column has been reset; and there are a few differences in capitalization and other settings. No priority can be established between the two issues, which were likely printed concurrently on separate presses in the newspaper's offices. At least two of the other copies (Streeter, which was resold by us in the Stanley Paul Sax auction, 17 January 1998, lot 187; and another copy sold by us 13 December 1995, lot 280) are either badly stained or worn with some loss of text. The present copy is darkly printed and beautifully preserved. The text of the Monroe Doctrine did not appear in the National Intelligencer proper until the issue of 4 December. The Goldman Monroe Doctrine is a uniquely intriguing copy, having been mailed by Moses Hayden, a U.S. Representative from New York, to a constituent, Jonathan H. Jones of Lewiston, New York. Hayden, who served in Congress from 1823 to 1827, has added his franking signature to the address panel on the verso of the broadside. REFERENCE Streeter sale 3:1734; cf. Grolier, American 33 (government pamphlet printing)

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Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2

U.S. Presidents Two documents: i) James Monroe, 5th President, document signed, granting Nehemiah Moxley, a veteran of the War of 1812 ("...late a private in Hooks Company of thirty sixth Regt of Infantry..."), 160 acres of land in Illinois, countersigned by Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1 vellum membrane, 6 October 1817, the verso with a note signed by Moxley with his mark, acknowledging the sale of his rights for $400 ii) John Quincy Adams, 6th President, letterpress copy of an autograph letter signed, to Baring Brothers, acknowledging receipt and promising to visit in London the following month, 1 page, 12mo, Paris, 10 May 1815 The letter by Adams, written in Paris during the Hundred Days of Napoleon's restoration, was written around the time Adams was appointed Ambassador to Britain.

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Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

MONROE, JAMES PRINTED DOCUMENT SIGNED AS SECRETARY OF STATES ("JAS MONROE"), BEING "INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PRIVATE ARMED VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES" IN THE WAR OF 1812 2 1/2 printed pages (13 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.; 342 x 210 mm) on a bifolium of laid paper, [Washington, after 26 June 1812], unaccomplished; ink blot to first page, some light marginal browning, short separations at head and foot of central fold. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Monroe. A statute of 26 June 1812, passed eight days after the declaration of war, outlines the procedures by which the President may issue letters of marque and reprisal to American privateers, including a provision that the chief executive "establish and order suitable instructions for the better governing and directing the conduct the vessels, ... their officers and crews, copies of which shall be delivered, by the collector of the customs, to the commanders ..." of the privateers. The present document combines the Presidential instructions to be given each privateer, which are printed on the recto of the second leaf, with the full text of the "Act concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes and Prize Goods," which is printed on the recto and verso of the first leaf and statute signed in letterpress by President James Madison, Speaker of the House Henry Clay, and the President pro-tem of the Senate, William H. Crawford. Blank spaces are left at the head of the leaf signed by Monroe for the names of the captain and his ship. This unaccomplished copy was one of those sent to American collectors of customs during the War of 1812 for issuance, as called for, to privateers.

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Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang

Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang JAMES MONROE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("JAMES MONROE") AS 5TH PRESIDENT, TO SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, REGARDING HIS SCOTTISH ANCESTRY 2 pages (8 x 10 in.; 203 x 254 mm) on a single leaf, written recto and verso in sepia ink, Washington, 17 November 1817; old folds, one or two short closed tears, minor spotting. A remarkable letter, in which Monroe evidences that the biographical dictionaries of the period are incorrect in their record of his family's emigration to America "My family was from the Highland, of Scotland, a place called Fowles..." In the present piece of correspondence, Monroe replies to Sir John Sinclair's letter of 27 March 1817, in which the latter stated: "I am very happy to find, that a Gentlemen, with whom I have the honour, (I believe), to be distantly connected...has been elected to the Presidency of the United States of America, the highest political situation to which any private individual can now aspire; and having corresponded with all your respectable predecessors, I cannot deny myself the pleasure, of addressing myself to you on a subject of peculiar importance..." Sinclair was the first president of the Board of Agriculture in Great Britain, and sent materials from his The Code of agriculture (which would be published in 1819) for the President's consideration. Sinclair was at the same time corresponding with Thomas Jefferson, and very much hoped that his forthcoming treatise could be published in the Unites States as well as Britain, as he believed it would prove useful for burgeoning in that "rising Empire." Despite this objective, it would seems that Monroe was set on clearing up the matter of his ancestry: "My ancestor emigrated about the year 1745," he writes, "having been an adherent of the house of Stuart, and induced, to leave the country, in consequence of its misfortunes. He settled on the Potowmack [sic] in Virginia, where I was born. Tho' young, at the commencement of our revolution, I took part in it, & its principles have invariably guided me since. Nothing can be more deeply fixed, in the judgement & heart of any one, than are the principles of our free system of government, in mine..." REFERENCE: cf. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, ed. Looney, 11:381–382

james monroe | james monroe, as 5th president of the united states, addresses his scottish ancestry, evidencing that the biographical dictionaries of the period were wrong

1 page (14 1/4 x 11 1/2 in,; 369 x 290 mm) on partially printed vellum, accomplished in a secretarial hand, embossed paper seal of the United States with green ribbon; engrossment light, James Monroe’s signature is good and John Quincy Adams’ signature is dark, tape remnants on verso at edges from former framing.

patent signed ("james monroe") as fifth president, co-signed ("john quincy adams") as secretary of state, and ("wm. wirt") as attorney general, for a "wheel to prevent ropes & chains from slipping when used for turning machinery," to james cooper, 17 june 1823

1 page (14 3/4 x 11 in.; 375 x 285 mm) on partially printed vellum, accomplished in a secretarial hand, embossed paper seal of the United States with tan ribbon. [With] 2 page manuscript inventor's description on 1 sheet of vellum; previously folded, with some discoloration and fading, small hole to lower margin inventor's description, possibly inherent.

patent signed ("james monroe") as fifth president, and co-signed ("john quincy adams") as secretary of state, and ("wm wirt") as attorney general, for a machine for cutting straw and also tobacco for smoking, to alpheus bigelow, 13 february 1818 

Letter signed ("Jas Monroe"), written in cipher, 7 pages (13 x 8 in.; 330 x 203 mm), Washington, D.C., to Joel Barlow; marked "Duplicate," with original yellow binding ribbons, integral blank, separation to fold of first leaf, light browning.

monroe, james, fifth president as secretary of state

Autograph letter signed ("Jas Monroe"), [vicinity of Washington], 3 September 1814, 1 page (9 x 7 1/8  in.; 228 x 182 mm), to an unidentified correspondent (possibly Admiral Perry, Admiral Barney, or General Hungerford).

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8vo. A few faint spots to title. Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt spine title; short closed tears to cloth at spine ends repaired. Half-green morocco gilt slipcase, chemise.

a week on the concord and merrimack rivers. boston: james monroe, 1849

Commission for Monroe as Minister Plenipotentiary to France, with instructions on his duties and the issues involved there, signed by Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State. Philadelphia: 10 June 1794

Commission for Monroe as Minister Plenipotentiary to France, with instructions on his duties and the issues involved there, signed by Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State. Philadelphia: 10 June 1794 4to (9 ¼ x 7 9/16 in.; 235 x 192 mm). 10 pages, plus integral address leaf; a few tiny stab holes mended in the gutter margin. Bound in a red morocco gilt presentation folder, with silk doublures, in Rosenbachian style, with two engraved portraits of Monroe and one of Randolph, and with some related typed correspondence and reference notes; upper cover detached, doublures waterstained.

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A good group of ship's papers signed by James Monroe, Andrew Jackson (seventh President), Martin Van Buren (eighth President), and Millard Fillmore (thirteenth President), all matted, glazed and framed.

A good group of ship's papers signed by James Monroe, Andrew Jackson (seventh President), Martin Van Buren (eighth President), and Millard Fillmore (thirteenth President), all matted, glazed and framed. James Monroe. Engraved broadside document on vellum (15 x 11 1/4 in.; 380 x 285 mm, sight), signed ("James Monroe") and countersigned by the Secretary of State ("John Quincy Adams") and one other official, [Washington, D. C.], 30 June 1824,  for the schooner Franklin of Rochester, Massachusetts, commanded by Charles Smith; slightly cropped along bottom margin.  Includes portraits of Monroe and Adams. — Andrew Jackson. Printed broadside document (15 1/4 and 19 3/4 in.; 390 x 500 mm, sight), signed ("Andrew Jackson") and countersigned by the Secretary of State ("John Forsyth"), and one other official, [Washington, D. C.], 1 August 1836, being a 4-language ship's passport for the whaler John Howland, commanded by William Whittier, bound for the Pacific Ocean with accoutrements for a whaling voyage, embossed seal of the United States at center. Includes portrait of Jackson. — Martin Van Buren. Printed broadside document (15 3/4 x 19 3/8 in.; 402 x 493 mm),  signed ("M Van Buren") and countersigned by the Secretary of State ("John Forsyth"), and one other official, [Washington, D. C.], 4 June 1839, being a 4-language ship's passport for the vessel Gold Hunter of Fall River, Massachusetts, commanded by Clark Estes, bound for the south Atlantic Ocean for a whaling voyage; embossed seal of the United States affixed at center, notary's seal in lower left corner; 2 small fold tears, U.S. seal stained. Portrait of Van Buren incorporated into mat. — Millard Fillmore. Printed broadside document (8 x 18 in.;  mm; 203 x 455 mm),  signed ("Millard Fillmore"),  [Washington, D. C.], 11 August 1852,  being a 4-language ship's passport for the vessel Catalpa, commanded by Josiah Hamlin, bound for the Indian Ocean and laden with equipment for a whaling voyage; bottom half of document cropped. Includes portrait of Fillmore within the frame.

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Autograph letter signed ("Jas Monroe"), 3 pages (9 7/8 x 7 3/4; 250 x 198 mm), Washington, 16 December 1815, to an unnamed correspondent; masterfully silked with neat repairs to page fold and losses at margins at head and foot of both leaves.

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Autograph letter signed ("James Monroe"), 3 pages (9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.; 250 x 197 mm), Oakhill, 3 October 1827 to General Thomas Jesup; integral leaf torn through Monroe's signature but neatly repaired.

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Presidential and Other American Manuscripts from the Dr. Robert Small Trust

Two printed ship's passports for the brig Ohio accomplished in a clerical hand, signed ("James Madison" and "James Monroe"), one on vellum (15 ¼ x 10 ½ in.; 388 x 267 mm), woodcut view, top edge scalloped; tears on each side affecting one printed letter, portion of papered seal, folded), the other on paper printed in four languages (16 ½ x 21 ¼ in.; 420 x 540 mm), 2 papered seals; a few tiny stains, folded, Philadelphia, 2 & 4 November 1812. Together with: 12 printed documents accomplished in a clerical hand, and 2 manuscript documents, the entire collection forming the ship's papers for the Ohio, under the master James Johnstone, en route to Corunna, Spain with a cargo of sundries, Philadelphia, 2-4 November 1812. In a blue cloth portfolio.

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Circular letter signed, written in a clerical hand, 1 page (10 x 8 in.; 252 x 203 mm) on a leaf of laid paper, Washington, 19 January 1825, this copy directed by "The President of the United States to David Holmes, Senator for the State of Mississippi"; lightly browned, several fold separations and short tears neatly repaired.

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Autograph letter signed ("Jas Monroe"), 1 1/2 pages (8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; 225 x 190 mm), Annapolis, Maryland, 16 December 1783, to Richard Henry Lee in Chantilly, Virginia, with the latter's draft reply (not signed) on the same paper, 3 pages; formerly folded, a few small stains, seal tear in last leaf which Lee has, of course, avoided and so without loss. Black half-morocco clamshell box.

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Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, Principal Ministre de Henri-Le-Grand, Mis en ordre, avec des Remarques, Par M.L.D.L.D.L. Nouvelle édition, revue & corrigée. Londres [but Paris]: n.p., 1778

Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, Principal Ministre de Henri-Le-Grand, Mis en ordre, avec des Remarques, Par M.L.D.L.D.L. Nouvelle édition, revue & corrigée. Londres [but Paris]: n.p., 1778 8 volumes, 12mo (6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.; 165 x 90 mm).  Engraved frontispiece portrait, half-titles; dampstaining throughout each volume, occasionally strong, loss to lower corners of 2:K7,8 and 6:N7,8, a few short marginal tears (one touching text at 7:C4, cellotape repair to lower free endpaper of vol. 7.  Contemporary calf, spines gilt, marbled endpapers and edges; bindings very dry, craquelure on most spines and some boards with losses, joints and hinges cracked, repairs to some corners and edges. Housed in two grey linen folding cases, dark blue morocco spines, lettered gilt.

President's Message. National Intelligencer … Extra. Washington, Tuesday, December 2, 1823. This day, at 12 o'clock, the President of the United States transmitted to both Houses of Congress … the following Message. … James Monroe. Washington, December 2, 1823.

President's Message. National Intelligencer … Extra. Washington, Tuesday, December 2, 1823. This day, at 12 o'clock, the President of the United States transmitted to both Houses of Congress … the following Message. … James Monroe. Washington, December 2, 1823. Broadside newspaper extra on a full sheet of wove paper, unwatermarked (22 x 14 7/8 in.; 558 x 380 mm). Text in 5 columns separated by thin rules, 3 headlines; a few light spots of foxing. Half red morocco folding-case.

A sammelband  of twelve French pamphlets belonging to James Monroe, including six by the former President of the French Directory, La Révellière-Lépeaux, with five pages of manuscript notes by Reveillière-Lépeaux and Monroe's bookplate. Paris and Biel, Switzerland, 1798-1805. Contemporary marbled boards,  green straight-grained smooth spine gilt, vellum corners, marbled endpapers; extremities rubbed.

A sammelband  of twelve French pamphlets belonging to James Monroe, including six by the former President of the French Directory, La Révellière-Lépeaux, with five pages of manuscript notes by Reveillière-Lépeaux and Monroe's bookplate. Paris and Biel, Switzerland, 1798-1805. Contemporary marbled boards,  green straight-grained smooth spine gilt, vellum corners, marbled endpapers; extremities rubbed. 8vo (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.; 194 x 115 mm). Jean-Jacques M[oll]. Plan d'une ville de cent mille âmes, c'est-à-dire cahier servant de suit audit Plan, contenant ... le moyen de pouvoir exécuter en très peu de temps, sans fond d'avance, et sans qu'il en coûte rien à l'Etat ... Bienne [Biel, Switzerland, ?1800] — Louis-Marie Reveillière-Lépeaux. Réflexions sur le culte, sur les cérémonies civiles et sur les fêtes nationales. Paris, L'an 5 [1797]. —  Ibid. Discours prononcé ... à la fête de la République, le premier Vendémiaire an 6 [caption title]. [Paris, 1797]. Light browning. — Ibid. Au Citoyen Texier Olivier, membre du Conseil des Cinq-Cents. [Paris, 1790]. Partially printed on blue paper; light toning. — Ibid. Réponses de L.M. Réveillière-Lépeaux aux dénonciations portées au Corps Législatif contre lui et ses anciens collègues. 15 thermidor an 7 [Paris, 1799]. — and seven others.

  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.

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