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Manuscript DS, signed "John Hancock," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 12.5, September 17, 1790. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock authorizes irrigation and drainage work to be done to 400 acres of "Meadow land lying in Braintree," with the three named contractors—Ebenezer Thayer, Jr., Captain Thomas French, and Elkanah Thayer—ordered to "meet and convene together from time to time as occasion shall require to view, consider, consult, and contrive proper ways and methods for the ditching, draining and flowing of the said tract of Meadow land in order to render the same profitable to the owners, and to employ workmen and labourers for such reasonable wages as may be agreed upon to effect the same." Boldly signed at the upper left in ink by Governor John Hancock, and countersigned at the conclusion by John Avery as secretary. The embossed seal of Massachusetts affixed at the head remains partially intact. In very good condition, with staining to the first page, repaired splitting to folds, and a small hole and discreet repairs to the second page.
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