11-18-200711-18-2007
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2386Boston
November 18, 2007 11:00 AMCalender
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(Massachusetts History and Navy)

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$5,581$4,750
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2386Location: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2007 11:00AM

Description:

(Massachusetts History and Navy), Four documents in common frame, comprising a fine levied by the Governor, June 15, 1774, signed by Thomas Gage; a wage allotment from husband to wife from a sailor aboard the U.S.S. Constitution, dated February 1, 1801; a receipt for bread delivered to the U.S.S. Constitution, dated July 27, 1803; and a receipt for shipping two eighteen pounder cannon aboard the sloop Hannah for delivery to the U.S. Navy in Boston, dated June 25, 1803, each one page, matted, (not examined out of frame, dockets, folds, fine with small tears).
Estimate $800-1,200

Keywords

United States, Thomas Gage, United States Navy, sailor