Sold for:
$1,500
$1,500
Document signed ("James Monroe") as President, four pages, November 18, 1818, folio, on vellum. Letters patent to Abraham Taylor for "a mode of propelling Boats, called the Columbian Principle." Countersigned by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and Attorney General William Wirt. Attached by silk thread, comprising one partially printed official document signed, followed by four leaves of manuscript (front/back, six pages total) explaining the principle and signed by Abraham Taylor and witnesses. 19 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-04-10
