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Monroe, James, 1758-1831 [Deed from the General Land Office]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.073 Author/Creator: Monroe, James, 1758-1831 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 1 May 1824 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 35 cm Order a Copy

Document signed by President Monroe and countersigned by George Graham as Commissioner of the General Land Office. Proclaims the sale of U.S. land in Huntsville, Alabama, to Jesse Coe acting as assignee for John L. Doxey. Paper seal still extant.

Graham, George, 1770-1830
Coe, Jesse, fl. 1824
Doxey, John L., fl. 1824
Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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