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Document 3949

JAMES MADISON and JAMES MONROE
Pursuant to an act signed by Washington and Adams, a Jefferson County resident is granted land by Madison and Monroe.
Partly Printed DS: "James Madison" as fourth U.S. President and "Jas Monroe" as Secretary of State, 1p, 15½x10½. On vellum. Washington, 1812 April 20. In part: "Know Ye, That George Doup of Jefferson County, having deposited in the Treasury a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Jeffersonville whereby it appears that full payment has been made for the Fractional of sections number Twenty one, and Twenty two of township number Three...of the lands directed to be sold at Jeffersonville by the act of Congress, entitled 'An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory north west of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river,' and of the acts amendatory of the same, There is granted, by the United States, unto the said George Doup the fractional lots or sections of land above described...." On May 18, 1796, President George Washington approved and signed "An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river". The act had been signed by Speaker of the House Jonathan Dayton and, as President of the Senate, by Vice President John Adams. On February 21, 1812, President Madison approved and signed "An act to establish a land district in the Illinois territory, east of the district of Kaskaskia, and to attach certain public lands to the district of Jeffersonville". These were public lands ceded to the United States by the Delaware, Potawattamie, Miami and Eel-river Indian tribes at Fort Wayne on September 30, 1809. This land grant was signed just two months after President Madison attached the former Indian land to the Jeffersonville district. Documents signed by two Presidents are extremely desirable. Folds, vertical fold touches the "r" in Monroe. Full 2¼-inch seal with horizontal crack (all intact). Shaded and lightly soiled at blank margins. ¾x¼ vertical brown stain at left blank margin. Slightly shaded at folds. Overall, fine condition.

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