Signed Check of James Madison as President, Days Before Signing a Bill to Buy Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Document signed, January 19, 1815, Office of Pay and Deposit of the Bank of Columbia check, approximately 7 x 2.5 inches, filled out and signed by Madison as president, “James Madison,” payable to a Mr. Beall for $121.12. The Bealls were a prominent Maryland family and descend from Ninian Beall, a military...
Document signed, January 19, 1815, Office of Pay and Deposit of the Bank of Columbia check, approximately 7 x 2.5 inches, filled out and signed by Madison as president, “James Madison,” payable to a Mr. Beall for $121.12. The Bealls were a prominent Maryland family and descend from Ninian Beall, a military Scotsman who went on to become one of Maryland’s most revered individuals.
On January 30 of that year Madison would sign a bill for the purchase of Thomas Jefferson’s library, which would join the Library of Congress.
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