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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) [Land grant for Toppan Webster].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02010 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 8 August 1807 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22 x 40 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by Secretary of State James Madison. Grants 100 acres to Webster, an assignee of Samuel Jess, on the basis of the act of Congress appropriating land for former soldiers and for the society of the United Brethren. The act had been approved by the fourth Congress in June 1796. Signed as President of the United States.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Madison, James, 1751-1836

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