Orig 1834 Andrew Jackson Secretarial Signed Land Grant 2 Sided Glare Free Frame
Presidential Land Grant signed by President Andrew Jackson secretary and countersigned by the office of Commissioner of the General Land Office Elijah Hayward. One vellum page with handwriting and printing on front and handwriting on back. The document is dated October 7, 1834 and officially grants Benjamin Crow of Warren County, Crawfordsville Indiana a 40-acre land parcel. Signed at the conclusion "Andrew Jackson" and "Elijah Hayward" with the white paper seal to the lower left corner.
In great condition, professionally framed to virtually eliminate folds and creasing while well preserving the document. The back has some areas that are lighter and somewhat difficult to read to the naked eye, but appears to contain a record of land transfer, taxation receipt and mentions the name Thomas Watkins. It is uniquely framed in a double sided glass frame for easy viewing of both sides of the document with professional no glare matte glass in each side, encased by a handsome understated wood frame that keeps to the period while allowing the document itself to be the primary focus and star of the show.
The frame measures 17.5" wide with a height of 11.5". Just to be able to view the back of the document without disruption makes the frame is worth it alone as you can take it off the wall and pass it around... American statesman and soldier Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as the seventh President of the United States of America in 1829 after defeating President John Quincy Adams in a landslide electoral victory. "The Age of Jackson" was marked by a shift and expansion of democracy with a goal of passing a portion of the political power of the established elites to the ordinary voter, or "common man" whom Jackson strongly believed had the ability to arrive at right conclusions.
Throughout his term, Jackson sought to reduce the power of the federal government in favor of agrarian sympathies which resulted in the redistribution of the Native American population and the ascendancy of the party spoils system.