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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”

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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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  • Dates: #378 - Ended November 09, 2011