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Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) [Appointment of Samuel J. Bayard to as Clerk of the Commission]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01475 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 14 July 1832 Pagination: 1 p. ; 35 x 24 cm. Order a Copy

Appointing Bayard as Clerk of the Commission for "carrying into effect the Treaty of limits between the Untied States and the United Mexican States," a treaty establishing the border. Countersigned by Secretary of State Edward Livingston. Affixed with paper seal of the United States.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836
Bayard, Samuel John, 1801-1878

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