An original land grant document signed by President John Quincy Adams, dated May 10, 1826, conferring ownership of public land in the Michigan Territory under provisions of the Act of Congress of April 24, 1820. The document measures 9.5 by 15 inches and features the large embossed seal of the United States at lower left, with Adams’s bold signature at the bottom right.
Executed during Adams’s presidency, the grant was issued to an early settler and attests to the westward expansion of the young nation. The document is printed and completed in a clear hand, with elegant engravings and formal language characteristic of early 19th-century federal land patents.
The piece is beautifully matted and framed alongside an engraving of John Quincy Adams, with the overall frame measuring approximately 15 by 26.5 inches.
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825. During his long diplomatic and political career, Adams served as an ambassador and also as a member of the United States Congress representing Massachusetts in both chambers.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA