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MONROE, James (1758-1831). Document signed ("James Monroe"),as President of the United States. Washington, D.C., 13 January 1825. 
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MONROE, James (1758-1831). Document signed ("James Monroe"),as President of the United States. Washington, D.C., 13 January 1825. 

1 page, approx. 13 1/2 x 17 1/8 in., illustrated with seal, small separations at old crease, clipping at lower right corner, framed to 17 5/8 x 21 1/4 in., not examined out of frame.

Document appointing Hubbard H. Hobbs to lieutenant of the Navy. Signed by President Monroe and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842). Docketing to lower left.

Navy registered note Hobbs' first warrant on 4 March 1815 on the Frigate Constellation, assigned to the Schooner Porpoise in 1822, as a part of the West India Squadron in 1825, and on the Frigate Guerriere in 1829. 

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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