MONROE, JAMES. Letter Signed, as Secretary of State, to David Gelston, ordering 69 boxes of the laws of the United States to be shipped to the

MONROE, JAMES. Letter Signed, as Secretary of State, to David Gelston, ordering 69 boxes of the laws of the United States to be shipped to the Governors of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, asking him to pay the freight costs for which he will be reimbursed. 1 1/2 pages, folded small folio sheet; minor toning, clean split along horizontal fold. Washington, 13 July 1815