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Lot #197
Declaration of Independence: Paine, Robert Treat

Break the Sabbath, pay the price

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Break the Sabbath, pay the price

ADS, signed “R. T. Paine, Atty.,” one page, 8 x 6.75, September 1778. A legal document outlining a charge against one John Cook of Taunton, Massachusetts, who “did … on the Lord’s Day … unnecessarily travel thro the said Town of Berkley… [and] in said example … to offend … against the peace of the government & people.” The document is mounted to a slightly larger card and matted with a color print to an overall size of 15 x 20.25. In very good condition, with mounting as noted and scattered wrinkling (touching signature). The signature is otherwise bold and dark. LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #318 - Ended February 14, 2007