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Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 12.75, September 29, 1790. As Governor of Massachusetts, John Hancock approves a land transaction “For and in consideration of the Sum of Twenty Three Pounds, Five Shillings…truly paid by Ashbel Willard of Holden in the county of Worcester…[for] a certain tract of land in the center of Holden…containing by estimation Thirty eight acres and eight rods.” Signed prominently at the conclusion by John Hancock, and countersigned by William Donnison (1757-1834), a Continental Army Officer of the Revolutionary War, who served at various times as an Aid to Governor Hancock, Adjutant General of the Massachusetts Militia, and a Judge of Common Pleas; he also uncovered a major political scandal during the Federalists and Anti-Federalists debates, over the ratification of the United States Constitution. In fine condition.
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