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Description:
American Signed Documents, Mostly 17th and 18th Century, Massachusetts Governors.
Approximately twenty-seven various signed documents including receipts, letters, clipped signatures and other material attributed to Thomas Hutchinson (1711-1780),John Endecott (1600-1665),John Leverett (1616-1679),Edmund Andros (1637-1714),Simon Bradstreet (1603-1697),Sir Henry Vane the Younger (1613-1662),Paul Dudley (1675-1751),Joseph Shed (1732-1812),Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont (1636-1701),George III (1738-1820),William Shirley (1694-1771),Joseph Dudley (1647-1720),James Bowdoin II (1726-1790) and others.
Estimate $700-900
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Keywords
Massachusetts, Paul Dudley, Richard Coote, Simon Bradstreet, Thomas Hutchinson, Joseph Shed, Edmund Andros, Henry Vane, John Endecott, John Leverett, Joseph Dudley, James Bowdoin II, William Shirley
John Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
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