President James Monroe Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE
Born: April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died: July 04, 1831 in New York City, New York
Biography
JAMES MONROE (1758-1831) was the fifth U.S. President (1817-1825). He served as President James Madison's Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817 and concurrently served as Secretary of War from October 1814 to March 1815. Monroe had previously served in the Virginia State House of Delegates, the U.S. Congress (1789-1794) and as Governor of Virginia (1799-1802, 1811). He was also U.S. Minister to both France (1794-1796) and Great Britain (1803-1807).
Film Credits
1939-The-Monroe-Doctrine (Writer)
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PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE - LAND GRANT SIGNED 03/01/1822 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 36954Land grant assigning 80 acres in Indiana to Moses Wiley, signed by "James Madison" as President and "Josiah Meigs" as Commissioner of the General Land Office, dated March 1, 1822, affixed with a wafer seal of the General Land Office.Price: $2,000.00
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PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE - LAND GRANT SIGNED 03/30/1821 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 5697Land grant signed by President "James Monroe" and Commissioner "Josiah Meigs" in 1821, transferring land to Isaac Sanford in the Northwest Territory. Includes notations and a paper seal, dated March 30, 1821, on vellum.
Sale Price $1,695.00
$2,000.00
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PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE - LAND GRANT SIGNED 05/01/1824 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 16796Land grant signed by James Monroe on May 1, 1824, with the seal of the United States General Land Office. Countersigned by George Graham as Commissioner. The grant pertains to land in Alabama for the heirs of Lewellen Jones.
Price: $2,000.00
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PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE - LAND GRANT SIGNED 10/07/1823 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 30979Land grant signed by "James Monroe" as President and "Geo Graham" as Commissioner of the General Land Office, dated October 7, 1823. Includes a printed preamble and additional notations, with Monroe's significant historical context.
Price: $2,000.00
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PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE - LAND GRANT SIGNED 11/29/1817 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 84763Document signed by James Monroe as President and Josiah Meigs as Commissioner of the General Land Office, granting 160 acres in Illinois to George Wheaton, dated November 29, 1817. Includes a full 2-inch seal and references land grant acts from 1812.
Price: $2,000.00
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PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE - SHIPS PAPERS 04/26/1817 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 257157Ships' papers signed in 1817 by James Monroe, Richard Rush, and David Gelston. Monroe's signature appears as "James Monroe", with Rush signing as "Richard Rush, acting" and Gelston as "David Gelston Collector". The document pertains to the Brig Ohio of New York.
Price: $2,500.00
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PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON - FOUR LANGUAGE SHIPS PAPERS SIGNED 07/23/1811 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 348145Four papers signed by James Madison, Jas. Monroe, Simon Theus, and Wm. Crouch, dated July 23, 1811, feature printed text in four languages. These items highlight two future U.S. Presidents’ involvement in a significant agreement.
Price: $3,800.00
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PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON - WHALING SHIPS PAPERS SIGNED 07/24/1816 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 4937Ships' papers signed by James Madison as U.S. President and Jas Monroe as Secretary of State in 1816. Issued in Washington, D.C., these documents authorized the unarmed ship Hero of Boston to pass through international waters without hindrance.
Price: $3,600.00
