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

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.