November 2008 (7) VA Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/21/2008
May 25, 1794. Written in three languages for the schooner Harriot, Master George Slocum, for passage between Alexandria, Virginia and Antigua to deliver flour, bread and corn. Rare with both signatures. Signed by Washington as President and countersigned by Thomas Jefferson and John Fitzgerald. Age darkening, creasing, and minor paper loss. Archivally framed flanked by prints of Washington and Jefferson with accompanying brass biography plaques for each. Not examined out of frame. Historical Document
Item Dimensions: Document: 15 - 5/8" H x 12 - 1/2" W.