[POLITICS] - [PRESIDENTS]. Group of 8 land grants including one signed by James Madison.
Sale 1069 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Aug 19, 2022
Lots Close
Aug 30, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $438
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[POLITICS] - [PRESIDENTS]. Group of 8 land grants including one signed by James Madison.
MADISON, James (1751-1836). Partly printed document signed ("James Madison"). Washington, D.C., 22 March 1811. 1 page, 16 x 9 1/8 in., small separations at old creases, signature very faded.
[With:] [BUCHANAN, James (1791-1868)]. Partly printed land grant secretarily signed ("James Buchanan"). Washington, D.C., 1 November 1859. 17 3/8 x 12 3/4 in. A land grant issued to Chin-qua-shin-gah of the Miami Nation in Kansas.
[Also with:] [MONROE, James (1758-1831)]. Partly printed document secretarily signed in an unknown hand ("James Monroe"). 24 August 1818. 15 7/8 x 10 in. -- [VAN BUREN, Martin (1782-1862)]. Three partly printed documents secretarily signed by his son, Martin van Buren, Jr. ("Martin Van Buren"). 20 March 1839, 30 March 1839 and 5 January 1841. 16 1/4 x 10 in. -- [PIERCE, Franklin (1804-1869)]. Partly printed document secretarily signed ("Franklin Pierce"). 3 January 1854. 15 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. -- [TAFT, William Howard (1857-1930)]. Partly printed document secretarily signed ("Wm H. Taft"). 14 June 1909. -- Together, 6 land grant; all secretarily signed; all signed in Washington D.C., condition generally very good.
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