SECRETARIALLY SIGNED PIERCE LAND GRANT: "CERTIFICATE NO. 43160, WHEREAS, PLEASANT J.G. LEA OF JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI HAS DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES, A CERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE AT CLINTON WHEREBY IT APPEARS THAT FULL PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE SAID PLEASANT J.G. LEA ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 24TH OF APRIL, 1820. . . THE LOT NUMBERED FOURTEEN AT SECTION THREE IN TOWNSHIP THIRTY NINE OF RANGE THIRTY TWO IN THE DISTRICT OF LANDS FORMERLY SUBJECT TO SALE AT CLINTON, NOW WARSAW MISSOURI CONTAINING THIRTY SEVEN ACRES AND EIGHTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF AN ACRE. . . GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY [1856].. . BY THE PRESIDENT: FRANKLIN PIERCE [signed] BY H.E. BALDWIN ASST. SEC'Y., J.N. GRANGER, RECORDER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE."
[np: 1856]. Oblong folio, 10" x 15-1/2". Printed in several different fonts, completed in ink manuscript. Paper seal affixed with wax at bottom left corner. Old folds, minor toning. Secretarially signed Franklin Pierce. Signed in ink by H.E. Baldwin as Asst. Secretary and J.N. Granger as Recorder of the General..... More
