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[Presidential] Jefferson, Thomas Signed Ship's Passport
[Presidential] Jefferson, Thomas Signed Ship's Passport
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[Presidential] Jefferson, Thomas Signed Ship's Passport

(Washington, D.C.), August 3, 1804. 15 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (384 x 298 mm) (sight). Attractive partially-printed scalloped ship's passport on vellum (Number One), signed by President Thomas Jefferson ("Th: Jefferson") and Secretary of State James Madison ("James Madison"), for the Brig Juliana, commanded by Abraham Williams; counter-signed by Collector of the Port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, William Rogers; paper seal intact, bottom left. Creasing from original folds. Unexamined out of mat and frame, 23 x 18 1/4 in. (584 x 463 mm).

The Brig Juliana was built in 1804 in Newbury, Massachusetts, weighed 203 tons, was mounted with four guns, and was commanded by Abraham Williams, with a crew of 11 men. A fine example.

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[Presidential] Jefferson, Thomas Signed Ship's Passport

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