May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 253

Price Realized: $ 520
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
TYLER, JOHN. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President, granting 159 acres near New Orleans to Robert Love. Countersigned by Recorder of the General Land Office John Williamson. 8 1/2x16 inches; some scattered fading to text (but legible and signature bold), few scattered small holes, deep folds, docketing verso, paper seal intact. Washington, 25 October 1844

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It is highly unusual to find a land grant actually signed by a president after 1833; most are signed by a secretary.