{"product_id":"james-monroe-signed-1820-presidential-land-patent-alabama-159-5-acres-original-general-land-office-seal","title":"JAMES MONROE SIGNED 1820 PRESIDENTIAL LAND PATENT — ALABAMA — 159.5 ACRES — ORIGINAL GENERAL LAND OFFICE SEAL","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRare original 1820 United States land patent signed by President James Monroe during his first presidential term, conveying 159.50 acres of public land in the Old Southwest.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn exceptional original \u003cstrong\u003eJames Monroe presidential land patent\u003c\/strong\u003e, dated \u003cstrong\u003eAugust 29, 1820\u003c\/strong\u003e, granting \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Rodgers\u003c\/strong\u003e, assignee of \u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Wilkinson\u003c\/strong\u003e, a tract containing \u003cstrong\u003e159 acres and 50\/100 of an acre\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe patent describes the property as the \u003cstrong\u003enortheast quarter of Section 35, Township 9, Range 1 East\u003c\/strong\u003e, issued through the federal land office at \u003cstrong\u003eSt. Stephens\u003c\/strong\u003e under the laws governing the sale of United States lands in \u003cstrong\u003eMississippi and Alabama\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe document is boldly signed at lower right \u003cstrong\u003e“James Monroe”\u003c\/strong\u003e as President of the United States and countersigned by \u003cstrong\u003eJosiah Meigs\u003c\/strong\u003e, Commissioner of the General Land Office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParticularly desirable is the survival of the \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal General Land Office paper seal\u003c\/strong\u003e, affixed at lower left. The document also retains its original manuscript entries, official recording information, folds and other evidence of its use as an actual federal land-title instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDated only months after Congress enacted the \u003cstrong\u003eLand Act of 1820\u003c\/strong\u003e, this document represents the rapidly expanding federal public-land system that opened vast areas of the American frontier to private ownership. Comparable Monroe land patents from 1820 have brought several hundred dollars at auction, with stronger examples achieving substantially more. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original folds, age toning, foxing and staining. Small area of paper loss\/hole near lower right and wear to the original paper seal. The document remains structurally sound and, most importantly, \u003cstrong\u003eMonroe's presidential signature is exceptionally bold and clear\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn important original presidential document connecting James Monroe, the federal land office, and the early settlement of Alabama and the Old Southwest.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704650133786,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_2174.jpg?v=1786894203","url":"https:\/\/www.thearchiveauthority.com\/products\/james-monroe-signed-1820-presidential-land-patent-alabama-159-5-acres-original-general-land-office-seal","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}