Thomas Jefferson: Signed Land Grant for Refugees from the British Provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia. One partially printed page on vellum, 9 1/4" x 11 3/8", Washington, DC, March 26, 1802. Land granted to Joseph Bidon as a "Refugee from the British Provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia". Bidon was granted 318 acres on the South Fork of the Licking River in Ohio. The verso of the document there is a map showing the land that he was granted. The document is boldly signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Monroe.

 In 1801 and 1802 the United States Congress passed an act regulating the Refugee Tract, which set aside over 100,000 acres in Ohio to grant land to Canadians and other refugees from British provinces who aided the American Revolutionary War

Folds and age toning, slight roughness along the bottom and minor loss. Retains the original seal and fine signatures.