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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 [Appointment of Samuel J. Bayard to as Clerk of the Commission]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01475 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 14 July 1832 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 35 cm, Width: 24 cm Order a Copy

Appointing Bayard as Clerk of the Commission for "carrying into effect the Treaty of limits between the Untied States and the United Mexican States," a treaty establishing the border. Countersigned by Secretary of State Edward Livingston. Affixed with paper seal of the United States.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836
Bayard, Samuel John, 1801-1878

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