11-21-200411-21-2004
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2256Boston
November 21, 2004 11:00 AMCalender
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(U.S. Frigate Constitution)

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$7,050$6,000
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2256Location: BostonDate / Time: November 21, 2004 11:00AM

Description:

(U.S. Frigate Constitution), Partially printed receipt, Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Sept. 13th, 1798, one page, a receipt for timbers for the construction of the frigate, "eighty-three dolls. twenty six cents in full for Sundry boards and planks furnished for building the United States Frigate Constitution per bill," signed by Jona(thon) Balch, framed with an etching of the Constitution and Guerriere, (good, not examined out of frame).
Estimate $1,000-1,500

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Commonwealth Day, Massachusetts