Manuscript document signed

by Monroe as President and countersigned by Adams as Secretary of State, appointing William F. Steele the U.S. Attorney for the Territory of Florida by James Monroe, John Quincy Adams

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1p., plus integral blank. Paper covered seal of the U.S. Folio 15 x 10 inches . Minor toning, separated from the conjugate blank, separations at folds of the blank. Item #351949 Following the ratification of the Adams-Onis Treaty, President James Monroe was authorized on March 3, 1821, to take possession of Florida for the United States and provide for its initial governance. After appointing William Pope Duval as the first civilian governor in

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