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ADS signed "John Hancock," one page trimmed to 7.25 x 4.5, June 22, 1767. Hancock writes from Boston to Matthew Woodford at Southampton. In part: "At Thirty Days sight of this my Third Bill…please to pay to Messrs. Harrison Barnard & Spragg Merchts. in London or their order Three hundred & Twenty four pounds fourteen shillings & three pence sterling, being for Seventeen Thousand three hundred & Eighteen Rations…to the troops in Nova Scotia for the contract I hold under you." Corner-mounted and framed to an overall size of 20 x 17.5. In very good to fine condition, with uniform toning, and tears and small chips stabilized by archival restoration to the reverse (tiny separations and subtle touch-ups to a few letters of signature); Hancock's writing is dark throughout.
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