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Lot #191
David Brearley: “The Treasurer, who says that cannot comply with what is asked…without being guilty of great partiality”

“The Treasurer, who says that cannot comply with what is asked…without being guilty of great partiality”

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“The Treasurer, who says that cannot comply with what is asked…without being guilty of great partiality”

Signer of the Constitution from New Jersey. ALS, one page, 7.5 x 9, May 17, 1788. Letter to Mrs. Barber. In part: “Your favor…I have received, and in consequence waitted [sic] on the Treasurer, who says that cannot comply with what is asked…without being guilty of great partiality, but that he expects to be able to make you a payment in a short time.” In very good condition, with a clipped photo affixed to lower left, intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, and scattered toning and wrinkling. RRAuction COA.

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