Vintage/Antique? Presidential Paper Document w/ Leather Pouch (Estate Find)

[valhom]

Posting for a friend. He found this while cleaning out a house, estate. Came inside a very worn leather pouch. Does this seem legit? Or is it just a copy? May need to be looked at in person. But. I was wondering if anyone ever came across something like this before. Thank you.

[valhom]

Here are some close up pics.

[Rauville]

From here, it looks good to me. Appears to have been prepared and signed by his eldest son Abraham, who was acting as his secretary.
Compare with this one: http://www.historyforsale.com/abraham-van-buren-land-grant-signed-03-16-1837/dc32360

[KC]

This is an interesting article for you to read about "the legally forged president's signature"!

We have seen only a few of these on here over the years.

https://scrc1.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/when-the-president-signed-every-land-grant/

[mart]

Looks good to me too !!

[KC]

I might add...a wonderful piece of history that looks well preserved!

[talesofthesevenseas]

Wow ... that is REALLY cool! I think this is definitely worth having someone take a  hands on look at it.  Looking forward to hearing more about it! What a great find!

[Tanya]

Posting for a friend. He found this while cleaning out a house, estate. Came inside a very worn leather pouch. Does this seem legit? Or is it just a copy? May need to be looked at in person. But. I was wondering if anyone ever came across something like this before. Thank you.

Looks totally authentic to me.  I imagine that the ground might also be parchment and not paper as there is no decay and paper that old having been folded would more than likely show some disintegration.