Monroe James, Signed (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth covered boards with gold lettering at the front. The top of the spine is lightly bumped. Book pages are clean with no marks Bookseller Inventory BS/BS 12751 04/2022. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 175 pages. Series: Papers of the Center for Arab and Middle East Studies ; 2. Publisher's printed paper wrappers scuffed; inscribed by author to a prominent scholar, whose underlining and marginal notes in pencil can e found on several pages of the text. 280 grams. Inscribed by Author(s).

Staplebound. 32 pgs. Good staplebound copy. Covers a bit soiled. With signed letter from the author. Genealogy of a branch of the Monroe family. (750).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Hardback. 1979. Nevada politics and education. Knudson signed on the title page. 286 Good. Owner inscription as well and Knudson's signature. No dust wrapper. Signed by the subject.

Stiff Printed Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 43. Foreword by Aaron Scharf. Illustrated with three black & white photo reproductions. Notes. Bob Monroe inscribed to Jack Dillon on the first page of his contribution. Typewritten note to Dillon dated 12/27/82 and photocopied Brian Bassett editorial cartoon laid in. Blind impression of ballpoint note transfer onto front cover, else fine. Essays on three iconic photos: Anonymous Three Spokan Indians. Walker Evans Interior, Heliker House, and Edward Weston Clouds, Monroe, who writes on the c. 1860 Indian photo, was longtime head of University of Washington Special Collections and a founder of the Book Club of Washington. Jack Dillon was a notable Seattle book collector whose collection went to auction in the 1990s.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First printing. Sook is clean and pages have no markings. Jacket has very slight edgewar. A signed letter by James McIntosh is included. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Blue wrappers. Octavo. Contains pages 519-690pp. Yapped edges bumped, creased, and nicked, spine lightly cocked and sunned, very good. Inscribed by the poet Daniel G. Hoffman to his father on the front wrapper. "Parody, Tragic and Comic: Mann's *Doctor Faustus and Felix Krull*" by Erich Heller. Lawrence's *Women in Love* by Eliseo Vivas; "The Variorum Edition of Yeats's Poems" by Curtis Bradford. Poetry, stories, correspondence by Daniel G. Hoffman, Erich Heller, Robert B. Heilman, John Lehmann, Eliseo Vivas, Bonamy Dobree, James Wright, Curtis Bradford, Thomas Parkinson, David V. Ereman, John Wain, and F.R. Leavis.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to the first owner, hardcover with NUMEROUS PENCIL MARKS (i.e., erasable) within the Introduction, occasionally thereafter. The dust jacket is poor with pieces missing at the spine ends, yet is mostly intact, and presentable in a new, clear, removeable cover. 402 pages, and after the Introduction in English, the Arabic text appears on the right-hand pages, English translations on the left-hand pages. [1.9 lbs]. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 91pp. [Signature of Benjamin Vaughan (1751-1835) "B. Vaughan" to corner of title page]. 14 fold-out charts. Including the first printing of Treaty and convention of Navigation and Commerce between the United States and France, in parallel columns in French and English, signed in print; John Quincy Adams (Secretary of State), and G. Hyde de Neuville. James Monroe (President). Also a critical proclamation by James Monroe regarding the opening of ports between United States and Great Britain "subject to reciprocal rules and restriction", for trade in the islands or colonies in the West Indies, etc. Numerous reports from the Army and Navy departments, including one relating to the captures of "Piratical Vessels and Boats made by Vessels of the United States Navy in the West Indies." Sewn pamphlet as issued. Leaves lightly toned with sporadic foxing. Mouse nibbling across the bottom edge of last 15 leaves and foot of spine (at gutter) going through to bottom corner of title causing the loss of several words. Otherwise leaves untrimmed and generally in Good condition. American Imprints 10814. Association Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ as Issued. 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, Caleb Richardson, 1817. Small 8vo. Bound in one period mottled calf with red calf Gilt titlelabel in leather(Monroe: 228,XXXVI pp. - Birkbeck: 189 pp. First edition of president Monroes inspection-journey. (Sabin 50023).Very scarce first edition of Birkbeck's travels as "One of the most interesting and instructive books that have appeared for many years."(Sabin No 5569). 2nd issue of the 1817 Philadelphia edition no mention of frontis nor map for this edition, and the many later contemporary editions were printed outside The United States. By the Owner.

Unbound. Condition: Very good+ condition. No edition. Document signed November 13th, 1812 by President James Madison and Secretary of State James Monroe. Partly printed document engraved on vellum, with scallop cut top edge. Folded and creased as typical but unstained with strong signatures. Illustrated with two engraved vignettes showing nautical scenes. With original and intact government seal impressed with eagle symbol in lower left corner. With handwritten words enclosed in quotation marks, the document reads: By the President of the United States of America. Suffer the "Sloop Endeavor, of Salem [MA] William B. Orne" master or commander of the burthen of "91" tons or thereabouts mounted with "No" guns navigated with "Seven" men. To Pass with her Company Passengers Goods and Merchandise without any hinderance seizure or molestation the said "Sloop" appearing by good testimony to belong to one or more of the Citizens of the United States and to him or them only. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the United States of America the "Thirteenth" day of "November" in the year of our Lord one thousand "eight" hundred and "twelve" [signed] "James Madison" by the President. [signed] "Jas. Monroe" Secretary of State. State of "Massachusetts" District of "Salem & Beverly" Countersigned "Will R. Lee Coll". William Raymond Lee (1745-1824) was Collector for the District of Salem and Beverly appointed by Thomas Jefferson in 1801. This document measures 10.75" (width) by 15" (height). This document, as is the case with others, was originally issued by cutting by hand from a ledger book, employing a double curved (scalloped) removal pattern at the top edge. This pattern is unique to each document, and matches the original stub which in many cases reside in institutional collections. This passport was an important ship's paper, kept aboard the ship during the voyage and deposited, along with the Registry Certificate, with the appropriate US consular authority anytime the vessel was in a foreign port. The document was intended to protect the vessel from capture or destruction by proving American (nonbelligerent) ownership. American crew members aboard the ships remained vulnerable to imprisonment, especially if they did not carry their own personal protection certificate as proof of citizenship. James Madison (1751-1836) was fourth President of the United States (from 1809-1817). James Monroe (1758-1831) became the fifth President of the United States (from 1817-1825). Archival mounting and matting, with simple framing in faux walnut. Capt. William B. Orne while in the "Betsy" was captured in the war of 1812, by the British Frigate "Guerriere" and was on board of her, when she was captured by the "Constitution." Size: Folio. Signed by Author(s). Autograph.

Framed. Condition: Near fine. President James Monroe signed Land Grant in Jackson County Indiana, dated December 10, 1821. (illustrator). Land Grant. This grant awards eighty acres to Nathan Bafs. Additional signature of Josiah Meigs, the Commissioner of the General Land Office of Washington, D.C. This document is framed, white cloth matte, portrait of James Monroe on left, gold trim. Measures 18" x 30". Signed by President James Monroe along bottom quarter of document. With the appointment of William Henry Harrison as the Governor of the Indiana Territory in 1801, the westward expansion of European settlers into the Indiana territory was inevitable. Harrison aggressively pursued treaties with the native tribes of the territory, acquiring upwards of 51-million acres of land for European settlement. After the War of 1812, the westward expansion of the United States accelerated, with settlers being offered 80-160 acres tracts, almost for free. Indiana would become a state in 1816, but not before numerous battles with the Indigenous peoples of the territory. Signed.

Elaborately bound collection of Presidential autographs, containing the autograph of each of the first 34 Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Quarto, bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt presidential seal to the front panel with white and blue morocco onlays, gilt arms and motto of George Washington to the rear panel with white and blue morocco onlays and his gilt signature in facsimile, centerpieces within quintuple gilt ruling with star emblems at each corner, blue morocco doublures with multiple gilt presidential signatures, blue silk endpapers. This complete series of autographs of the first 34 Presidents of the United States contains the signature of each mounted on an album leaf opposite a loosely tissue-guarded engraved portrait of each. The collection includes: the signature of George Washington on an envelope addressed to Major General Knox as Secretary ofÂtheÂSocietyÂofÂthe Cincinnati, November 3, 1783; a clipped signature of John Adams; clipped signature of Thomas Jefferson; the signature of James Madison on an envelope addressed to Reverend Frederick Freeman of Manayunk, Pennsylvania; and inscription signed by James Monroe; the signature of John Quincy Adams on an envelope addressed to William Plumer jun. Esq. in Epping, New Hampshire; a partially printed land grant signed by Andrew Jackson dated 1831 registeringÂtheÂpurchaseÂof 20 acres in Detroit by Peter Aldrich; clipped signature of Martin Van Buren; clipped signature of William Henry Harrison; signed inscription from John Tyler; signed inscription from James Polk; clipped signature of Zachary Taylor dated Baton Rouge, March 5, 1841; clipped signature of Millard Fillmore; clipped signature of Franklin Pierce; clipped signature of James Buchanan on a document dated July 18, 1858; clipped signature of Abraham Lincoln; endorsement signed by Andrew Johnson as President; clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant; card signed by Rutherford B. Hayes; inscription signed by James Garfield; large card signed by Chester A. Arthur and dated May 22, 1884; autograph noted signed by Grover Cleveland declining an invitation, dated November 16, 1890; an Executive Mansion card signed by William McKinely; clipped signature of Theodore Roosevelt; clipped signature of William Howard Taft; clipped signature of Woodrow Wilson; typed letter signed by Warren G. Harding as President, dated June 4, 1923 on White House letterhead; card signed by Calvin Coolidge; White House card signed by Herbert Hoover; typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant SecretaryÂofÂthe Navy, February 15, 1917. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Harry S. Truman as President, June 30, 1950, on White House stationery and a typed letter signed by Dwight Eisenhower. TLS as President, November 13, 1956, on White House stationery. In fine condition.ÂHoused in a custom folding chemise and half morocco slipcase. An exceptional collection and presentation. Note_.

8vo., (9 x 5 4/8 inches). 20th-century half red morocco gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: with the small library label of Thomas W. Streeter, his sale Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 1966, lot 152 First edition. "A group of Auguste Chouteau's fur trappers out of St. Louis were seized at Santa Fe and imprisoned in Chihuahua in 1811 or 1812. This report contains testimonies of the men involved and records the government's steps toward freeing the men" (Streeter 152). The men were arrested for entering New Mexico from St. Louis without the appropriate passport: "In 1811 or 1812 [actually 1817], Robert McKnight, Benjamin Shrive, James Baird, Alfred Allen, Michael M'Donough, William Mines, Samuel Chambers, Peter Baum, Thomas Cook, and on - Miers, as their interpreter, and probably some others whose names I do not know, all citizens of the United States, of the Missouri territory went up the Missouri River, and from thence into the Spanish provinces; they were arrested and imprisoned by the authorities of that country, at Santa Fe, and from then till now, have been detained from returning to their families and homes" (letter from John Scott to Quincy Adams). Other documents include accounts of the conditions in which the upwards of 20 prisoners were held, and are signed by Adams, Luis de Onis and others.

1 vols. 8vo. Condition: Printed wrappers. Chipped. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on front wrapper by the author to Henry Cabot Lodge, and signed again under the title lettering on wrapper. Signed.

Kunstpostkarte "Jean Simmons, Elmer Gantry" (1960), bildseitig mit persönlicher Widmung, Datum 7-21-98 eigenhändig signiert (dito Kunstpostkarten von PETER FINCH "Flight of the Phoenix" (1965) und "Parodie auf die alte Filmzeit/A parody on old time movies" (1960/94) eigenhändig gewidmet und signiert zum gleichen Preis vorhanden).

He would have written sooner except he was ?engaged in important duties arising from the late adjournment of Congress.???Some plan ought to be adopted with a view to his future station in life, and on this subject I will communicate to you, freely, my sentiments. Having an increasing family, the improvement of their property for their own comfort and the education and advancement of their children, should be their great object. In fulfilling this, duty, your wishes and happiness should be consulted, and respectful attention should also be paid, to those of his aged parents, one of whom, his father, is very infirm, and subject to occasional attacks which menace his existence.??This is the longest Monroe ALS as President that we can recall seeingJames Monroe?s mother died in 1772, and his father two years later. Though he inherited property, including slaves, from both of his parents, the 16-year-old Monroe was forced to withdraw from school to support his younger brothers. He was therefore experienced in guiding and giving advice to youths. One of these brothers was Andrew Augustine Monroe, who married in the 1790s, and in 1799 named his only son after his brother ? James. When in 1805 the elder James Monroe came into sole possession of his uncle?s valuable estate, he gave management of the estate to his brother Andrew, who lived at the 6-room overseer?s house from 1808 to 1817. James continued to feel responsibility for young family members, particularly so in James?s case, as the lad had little schooling and was ill-disciplined by his parents.James Monroe the elder was U.S. Ambassador to France during the Napoleonic Era, and was governor of Virginia in 1811. But he left that year when, in April 1811, President James Madison appointed him Secretary of State in hopes of shoring up the support of the more radical factions of his Democratic-Republican Party. From 1814-1815, Monroe also served as Secretary of War. In 1816 Monroe was elected President of the United States, and took office on March 4, 1817. He served for eight years, a period known as the Era of Good Feelings.At the young James?s desire, his powerful uncle had him appointed to the West Point Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1815. In the army, he served as aide-de-camp to General Winfield Scott. After that he moved to New York and became a politician, serving in Congress during the Van Buren administration. He hob-nabbed with the rich and prominent in the city, such as the Schermerhorns, and his grandson married Theodore Roosevelt?s sister (who was also the aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt).When Monroe was Secretary of State, he wrote his nephew a letter giving him advice, moral, philosophical, and practical. The letter may seem stern to us today, but would not have seemed so at the time. And the fact that he wrote it at all shows that a bond of affection existed, as well as real interest in the boy?s welfare.Autograph letter signed, as President, Washington, 18 June 1824, to Mrs. George Douglas, mother of his nephew's wife, apologizing for the delay in replying to her letter due to important duties arising from the later adjournment of Congress. ?I have had the pleasure to receive your letter of the 10th of this month, and should have answered it sooner had I not been much engaged in important duties arising from the late adjournment of Congress. Although | have always taken a deep interest in the we/fare of my brother and his family, and this youth, his son, has been raised in a great measure, under my care, yet I took no part in promoting his marriage, or in any concern connected with It. With your sons &daughters who were here, we were much pleased, seeing that they had been well educated, and of your character & merit, we had formed the most favorable opinion, as well from what we heard from others. As the proof afforded, by the education of your children, & the care which you had taken on their property, since the death of their father. As James was young.

1p. Paper-covered wax seal at lower left. 10 x 7-1/4 inches. The Election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the Revolution of 1800, was a significant moment in American political history, being the first election in which the power of the Federal government transferred from one party (John Adams's Federalists) to the other (Thomas Jefferson's Democratic Republicans). But the election was not without major controversy. In the years prior to the passage of the 12th Amendment, no distinction was made between electoral votes for the president and vice president, with the second place winner serving in the latter position regardless of the party affiliation of the former. For the first time, in the election of 1800 the parties put up slates of candidates, with Adams running with Charles C. Pinkney and Jefferson with Aaron Burr. However, because electors could not distinguish between president and vice president when voting, Jefferson and Burr each received 73 electoral votes. Thus with the electoral vote tied, per the Constitution the presidential election was decided by the House of Representatives. From February 11 to 17, 1801, the House cast a total of 35 ballots to decide the presidency, each ending in a tie, with most Federalists backing Burr. On the 36th ballot, after Alexander Hamilton had actively campaigned against Burr, Delaware representative James Bayard changed his vote to abstain, thereby giving the dramatic victory to Jefferson. The present document, signed by James Monroe as the Governor of Virginia (whose 21 electoral votes were cast for Jefferson and Burr respectively) is a rare document from that famed election, appointing election commissioners from Augusta County, the county neighboring Monticello's Albermale County. Old folds, minor stain, remnants of prior mounting on the verso 1p. Paper-covered wax seal at lower left. 10 x 7-1/4 inches.

1p., plus integral blank. Paper covered seal of the U.S. Folio (15 x 10 inches). Following the ratification of the Adams-Onis Treaty, President James Monroe was authorized on March 3, 1821, to take possession of Florida for the United States and provide for its initial governance. After appointing William Pope Duval as the first civilian governor in 1822 he began filling other appointments including the attorneys general for East and West Florida. See The Territorial Papers of the United States (Vol. XXII) for the present appointment, as well as several official communications to Adams and others from Steele concerning timber and other matters, and numerous subsequent communications from Steele and others concerning charges brought against Steele on a variety of charges (including failing to enforce the law against bringing slaves into the territory). Steele would ultimately be removed in 1825 for misconduct and abandoning his office. He died at Mobile, Alabama the following year. Minor toning, separated from the conjugate blank, separations at folds of the blank 1p., plus integral blank. Paper covered seal of the U.S. Folio (15 x 10 inches).

First Edition. Laid in is Autograph Note Signed from Frank Taylor, the film producer of The Misfits on his personal printed stationery written to Marilyn Monroe while The Misfits was in its first run in theaters. Monroe had been ill and was hospitalized and Taylor writes: ÒMarilyn, Nan and I are very happy that you have recovered. Sincerely, Frank. 3/7/61Ó. Frank Taylor was an omnipresent participant on the set and post-production that he is mentioned constantly throughout the book. This copy is a signed presentation copy from James Goode inscribed: ÒTo Muff and Charlie. The only reason I know of for living in Los Angeles. Jim Goode. October 31, 1963Ó Very good in a very good dust jacket with a few minor chips. The story of the making of the film The Misfits, written by Arthur Miller and directed by John Huston, a complex drama that was the last film for itÕs two lead actors, Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. Joined by a superb supporting cast including Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach, Thelma Ritter, and Kevin McCarthy, the story centers on the relationship between a fragile divorcee (Marilyn Monroe) and a brooding cowboy past his prime (Clark Gable). Goode was on set throughout the process of making the film and the book is an excellent first hand account.

Original Autograph Note Signed by Thomas Jefferson ÒTh: J.Ó to fellow Virginian statesman James Monroe: ÒTh: J. to Col. Monroe, Will you join Mr. Divers here at dinner tomorrow? and can you tell me the name of the Collector of Norfolk? Aug 31, SaturdayÓ. With some 19th Century notation on the verso. Single sheet, 7 13/16Ó x 3Ó, minor creases from folding and a touch of toning, else fine. One of the most prominent of the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson served as the second Vice President of the United States under President John Adams from March 4, 1797 to March 4, 1801 and the third President of the United States from March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1809. MonroeÕs connections with Jefferson were extensive and in many ways he became a protege of Jefferson when Jefferson served as the second governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781. During the Revolutionary War with the British increasingly focusing their operations in the Southern colonies, the Virginians moved the capital to the more defensible city of Richmond, and Monroe accompanied Jefferson to the new capital. As governor of Virginia, Jefferson held command over its militia, and made Monroe a colonel. James Monroe (1758 - 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the fifth President of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He is perhaps best known for issuing the Monroe Doctrine, a policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas. He also served as the governor of Virginia, a member of the United States Senate, the U.S. ambassador to France and Britain, and the seventh Secretary of State and the eighth Secretary of War under James Madison. George Divers (1748Ð1830) was a farmer, miller, and longtime friend of Thomas Jefferson; naming his only son Thomas Jefferson Divers. In 1785 Divers purchased Farmington, a 3,421-acre Albemarle County plantation, where in 1802 Thomas Jefferson designed an addition to his house. He and Jefferson often exchanged seeds and corresponded about gardening and farming.

Two rare printed pamphlets regarding President James Monroe's position on the prohibition of the Slave Trade. Octavo. In very good condition. Rare. During the course of his presidency, Monroe remained convinced that slavery was wrong and supported private manumission, yet at the same time insisted that any attempt to promote emancipation would cause problems. Monroe believed that slavery had become a permanent part of southern life, and that it could only be removed on providential terms and like many other Upper South slaveholders, he believed that a central purpose of government was to ensure "domestic tranquility" for all. He feared for public safety in the United States during the era of violent revolution on two fronts. First, from potential class warfare of the French Revolution in which those of the propertied classes were summarily purged in mob violence and then preemptive trials, and second, from possible racial warfare similar to that of the Haitian Revolution in which blacks, whites, then mixed-race inhabitants were indiscriminately slaughtered as events there unfolded. In 1820, Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri as a slave state but banned slavery from territories north of the parallel 36°30â north. He also became a member of the American Colonization Society, which sought to aid freed slaves in colonizing Africa.

unbound. Condition: very good(+). A.D.S. "James Monroe", 6.5" x 3.25", Presidential Check, Office Distribution and Deposit, Washington, April 3, 1824, iin full: "Pay on the 5th of June next to Alexander Kerr Cash or order five Hundred dollars on my account $500." Alexander Kerr and the "Late Distressing Affair": On February 16, 1808, Amexander Kerr's son of the same name was killed by Thomas Jefferson's four-horned ram. Kerr had met Jefferson through their mutual friend James Madison. The President made an overture of sympathy and sent the family a check for $25 - but less that two months later the boy's father wrote back seeking a federal job: "The compensation I receive from my present situation is too small for the support of my family. which is a strong reason for my taking this liberty in applying to you for an Office. with the great desire to remove myself from this place. due to the late distressing affair. that has taken place in it." In other words: your sheep killed my son, so you owe me. Official records show that Kerr indeed sought positions from his friend President Madison but remained in the private sector. He moved from the Branch Bank to the National Bank in Washington when it opened in 1814 and remained there until his death in 1832. In that capacity he served another Secretary of State and future President John Quincy Adams. *James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson were like brothers and it was Monroe who assisted Jefferson in paying delinquent bills and obligations towards the end of his life; even when his own affairs were not in order. Through writing each other frequently records show Monroe promised to visit Monticello in October 1824, six months after this check was drafted, but cancelled. It would take nine more months before the two would meet, accompanied by General Lafayette, where they would find each other. And so the question goes: is it possible that President Monroe made this payment to Alexander Kerr on behalf of Thomas Jefferson? After all, Monroe did at times oversee Jefferson's delinquent affairs including the upkeep of Monticello. As a footnote one should visit the website Boston 1775 of which some of the above material originated. It ends with the caption - Tomorrow: More victims of killer sheep. Condition: Archivally repaired creases, tears and folds. There is a small piece missing just under the President's signature affecting the "J" in James. Despite its flaws the check remains eye-appealing. American Statesmand and Founding Father who served as fifth President of the United States (1817-1825).

unbound. 2 pages (front and back), 9.75 x 7.75 inches, Washington, October 2, 1817, marked "Private" to an unknown recipient, reaching out to the family of the late Vice-President and Signer Elbridge Gerry (who are almost destitute) by appointing his son Surveyor of Boston and remarking on his triumphant Grand Tour of New England, in small part: ".Young Mr. Gerry.on a belief that his education at Cambridge, and under Col. Austin, with whom he was studying law, at the time of the death of his father, qualified him for the office [Surveyor of Boston], being a young man of fair moral character. I own also that the situation of his Mother and sisters, the widow and daughters of the late Vice-President, who signed the Declaration of Independence and rendered other meritorious services in our revolution, has interested me in a very visible manner. They as I know, in great distress. He will be their prop and support, as I confidentially believe.Mr. Crawford will offer the surveyor ship.which is, I hear, vacant. I feel and shall be happy to.in any way, to make him render useful services to his Mother and sisters, so for as may be proper and practical." [Monroe proceeds to discuss the success of his Grand Tour.] "I returned here in good health, not withstanding the great fatigue, to which I was imposed in my late tour. I look back with great interest at the incidents attending it, and particularly at the strong proofs it afforded, that we were throughout the Union, one people. I trust that we shall always remain one." Tape stains and tiny holes along the center fold; some smudging to the ink on the first page, but still in very good condition.

This Founding Father of the U.S. served as fifth president (1817-25), but was a Renaissance statesman who also served as (reverse order) eighth secretary of war, seventh secretary of state, twelfth and sixteenth governor of Virginia, U.S. minister to the United Kingdom and to France, and senator from Virginia. Bold signature (simple "Mr Monroe") on a 2½" X 1½" slip, n.p., n.y. Near fine. Accompanined by an outstanding contemporary 5½" X 7½" steel-engraved portrait of a young Monroe seated alongside a table. The signature and portrait have been tastefully double-matted in black and burgundy and framed in an ornate ddark wood frame (overall dimensions 12½" X 17½"). A small but attractive item, superbly presented.

James Monroe and Robert Livingston receive the Treaty signed by Napoleon, notification of French ratification, and instructions from the French: Deliver this "to the President of the United States without delay to do what must be done" and secure American ratification?This doubled the size of the United States and is one of the most significant moments in American history; In 2019, this document was saved from a fire at the Karpeles Manuscript Library and survivedThis document, central to the Louisiana Purchase, is among the most important we have ever carried?https://vimeo.com/1180578110?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci?Hear more on Inspired by History:?The Louisiana Purchase stands as one of the most transformative acts in American history, instantly doubling the size of the young republic and securing U.S. control of the Mississippi River and the vital port of New Orleans. Negotiated at a moment of shifting global power?amid Napoleon?s imperial ambitions, the threat of imminent renewed war with Great Britain, and the collapse of French plans in the Caribbean?the agreement reshaped the geopolitical balance of North America and set the United States on a path toward continental expansion and emergence as a major world power.As the United States had spread across the Appalachians, the Mississippi River became an increasingly important conduit for the produce of America?s West (which at that time referred to the land between the Appalachians and the Mississippi). Since 1762, Spain had owned the territory of Louisiana, which included 828,000 square miles. The territory made up all or part of fifteen modern U.S. states between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. The Pinckney Treaty of 1795 had resolved friction between Spain and the United States over the right to navigate the Mississippi and the right for Americans to transfer their goods to ocean-going vessels at New Orleans. With the Pinckney treaty in place and the weak Spanish empire in control of Louisiana, American statesmen felt comfortable that the United States? westward expansion would not be restricted in the future.This situation was threatened by Napoleon Bonaparte?s plans to revive the French empire in the New World. He planned to recapture the valuable sugar colony of Haiti from a slave rebellion, and then use Louisiana as the granary for his empire. France acquired Louisiana from Spain in 1800 and took possession in 1802, sending a large French army to St. Domingue and preparing to send another to New Orleans. Americans became very apprehensive about having the more-powerful French in control of the Mississippi and New Orleans. President Thomas Jefferson noted, ?There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans.? He determined to do something to change this situation.In addition to making military preparations for a conflict in the Mississippi Valley, in April 1803 Jefferson sent former Minister to France James Monroe to join present Minister to France, Robert Livingston, to try to purchase New Orleans and West Florida for as much as $10 million. Failing that, they were to attempt to create a military alliance with England. Meanwhile, the French Army in St. Domingue was being decimated by yellow fever, and war between France and England was on the horizon. Napoleon decided to give up his plans for Louisiana, and offered a surprised Monroe and Livingston the entire territory of Louisiana - all 828,000 square miles of it - for $15 million. That was three cents per acre. Although buying all of Louisiana far exceeded their instructions from President Jefferson, Monroe and Livingston saw the golden opportunity and agreed. The treaty was signed on April 30, 1803.The treaty itself actually consisted of three linked agreements: the Treaty of Cession, by which France transferred the Louisiana territory to the United States and guaranteed rights of property, religion, and eventual citizenship to its inhabita.

MONROE, James. Document signed. Washington, D.C., March 31, 1824. Original document, measuring 9-1/2 by 15-1/2 inches, printed and finished by hand on recto, docketed on the verso. $2000.Printed and manuscript land registry document, signed by President James Monroe and countersigned by George Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office. With original paper seal.This document, printed and completed by hand, is a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office for the sale of land to Alexander Johnston for 63.95 acres in Ohio "in conformity with the several acts of Congress." Expected fold lines; mild soiling near top of document. Suitable for framing. Signed.

Pursuant to 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,? John Brindley bought and was the assignee of a tract of land in Indiana, in ?fractional section number twelve of township five, in range number five, east of the second principal meridian.?Document signed by Madison as president and Monroe as secretary of state, Washington, April 20, 1812, granting the land to ?John Brindley, his heirs and assigns forever.?The War of 1812 was just months away.