Document signed by JAMES MADISON (4th U.S. president) and his acting Secretary of State, future U.S. president James Monroe. Document appoints a tax collector ("principal assessor"), dated December 22, 1814. Measures 7-3/4" x 14-1/4". This document is one of several dozen important signed pieces in today's sale that were part of a large collection of American historical documents from 1650 through WWII. The estate collection, assembled from about 1920-1960, has never been offered for sale at auction. This item can be shipped in-house.

See images. Several old (and terrible) tape repairs, chips and splits. One tear goes through the bottom of the "J" in Madison's signature.