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1807 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Patent (JSA)
Incredible three-page document dates from early days of the republic and is signed by the sitting third President (Jefferson) and future fourth president (Madison). Page one reads: "The United States of America, To all to whom these Letters Patent shall come: John Greene a citizen of New York in the United States, hath alleged that he has invented a new and useful improvement being a mechanical Spring Buckle." Dated May 20, 1807 and signed "By The President" Thomas Jefferson and "Secretary of State" James Madison, along with the seal of the United States in red wax. Page two: Describes the invention and is signed by the inventor John Green and two witnesses, who were members of the Stuyvesant family (a family of American politicians and land owners), including Peter Gerard Stuyvesant and Nicholas Fish, the father of famed New York politician Hamilton Fish.
Past Sports Card, Memorabilia, Non-Sports Card and Collecitble Auction Items
Other past auction items that may be of interest to you.
1904 Ringling Brothers Art in Original Frame (21x27" framed)
19th Century Trade Card Collection
Turn of the Century Huebach Figurines with Marklin Bicycles
1954 Ernest Hemingway Original Photographs (9)
Handcarved Wooden Black Boy On Watermelon (35" tall)
Westinghouse Mazda 1932 Jackie Cooper Die-cut Sign
19th Century Alligator Suitcase
