MADISON, JAMES, President. Document signed ("James Madison") as Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1 March 1803. 1 page, folio, 300 x 230mm. (11 1/2 x 9 in.), tipped on one edge to larger sheet, original paper seal at lower left, edges a trifle yellowed. In fine condition. MONROE'S STATE DEPARTMENT SAFE CREDENTIALS TO NEGOTIATE THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE An official safe conduct pass for James Monroe, recently appointed -- at the specific instigation of President Thomas Jefferson -- Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France and Spain, in an effort to purchase a site at the mouth of the Mississippi for a U.S. port of deposit, negotiations which would ultimately result in the Louisiana Purchase. "James Monroe Esq, the bearer hereof, having been appointed Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to France and Spain; and being about to proceed to France, with his family, servants and baggage: these are to pray to all whom it may concern to give no hindrance to his voyage, but on the contrary, to render him every needful facility and accomodation [ sic ], as these United States would do in the like case." Secretary of State Monroe, his wife and his family sailed for Paris a week after this appointment.
MADISON, JAMES, President. Document signed ("James Madison") as Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1 March 1803. 1 page, folio, 300 x 230mm. (11 1/2 x 9 in.), tipped on one edge to larger sheet, original paper seal at lower left, edges a trifle yellowed. In fine condition. MONROE'S STATE DEPARTMENT SAFE CREDENTIALS TO NEGOTIATE THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE An official safe conduct pass for James Monroe, recently appointed -- at the specific instigation of President Thomas Jefferson -- Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France and Spain, in an effort to purchase a site at the mouth of the Mississippi for a U.S. port of deposit, negotiations which would ultimately result in the Louisiana Purchase. "James Monroe Esq, the bearer hereof, having been appointed Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to France and Spain; and being about to proceed to France, with his family, servants and baggage: these are to pray to all whom it may concern to give no hindrance to his voyage, but on the contrary, to render him every needful facility and accomodation [ sic ], as these United States would do in the like case." Secretary of State Monroe, his wife and his family sailed for Paris a week after this appointment.
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