Manuscript document, one page, 8 x 4, March 19, 1764. A promissory note issued to Thomas Hancock by Thomas Williams, in full: "At Ten days sight please to pay to Mr. John Easson or Order the Sum of One Hundred and Sixty Dollars for Cash received to carry on His Majesty's Works at this place." John Hancock signs on behalf of his uncle at the conclusion: "Dec 31, 1764, Acc. Pd, Tho's Hancock & Co." In fine condition. After graduating from Harvard in 1754, Hancock joined his uncle and adoptive father Thomas Hancock's merchant firm; John inherited the firm and family fortune after Thomas passed away in 1764, thus making him one of the wealthiest men in colonial America.
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