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Monroe, James (1758-1831) [Patent for George Smith's improvement in medicine, entitled anti-dyspeptic pills]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06470 Author/Creator: Monroe, James (1758-1831) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 11 August 1821 Pagination: 1 p. ; 38.3 x 28.2 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Monroe as President. Countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Contains a seal and blue ribbon.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Wirt, William, 1772-1834

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