Lot 162
Lot 162
FROM THE COLLECTION OF KALMAN TALANSKY
An appointment, signed as governor

John Hancock, 21 September 1790

    Price Realised USD 6,048
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    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
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    An appointment, signed as governor

    John Hancock, 21 September 1790

    Price Realised USD 6,048
    Price Realised USD 6,048
    Details
    HANCOCK, John (1737-1793). Partly-printed document signed ("John Hancock") as Governor of Massachusetts, [Boston,] 21 September 1790.

    One page, 319 x 390mm, with intact paper and wax seal affixed at top right (a few spots of soiling and foxing).

    John Hancock appoints Ebenezer Weeks as a "Captain of a Company in the second Regiment third Brigade and fifth division of the militia of this Commonwealth comprehending the Counties of Plimouth, Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes County & Nantucket." A fine, clean example of Hancock's signature.
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