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Cotton Tufts Autograph Letter Signed

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Cotton Tufts Autograph Letter Signed
<B>Cotton Tufts Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>Cotton Tufts,</B></I>” one page, 7.25” x 9”. Weymouth, July 16, 1799. To Revd. Stephen Peabody. Damaged integral leaf addressed “<I><BR> evd. Stephen Peabody</B></I>” by Tufts. The letter, in part, “<I>Least I should not have the Pleasure of seeing you at Weymouth, I have left with the President's Lady Forty Five Dollars & Sixty Cents which is in full for Money in Trust to the 1st Instant and also for the last Quarter Rent on Medford Farm (although I have not as yet receiv'd it)…</B></I>” Tufts then tells Rev. Peabody, in detail, how he has disposed of “<I>700 Dollars committed to my Trust for Mrs. Peabody.</B></I>” He concludes, “<I>You see by this Statement that in the Negociation there is left a Balance of £12/6 due to you, this Balance I have carried to the credit of your Account - which have enclosed - the Receipt which is left with the Money you will sign and leave. I hope you will find time to visit us…</B></I>” Cotton Tufts (1734-1815), Weymouth, Massachusetts, physician and former member of the Revolutionary Committee of Correspondence, was Abigail Adams' uncle. He refers to her in this letter penned while John Adams was President and she was “<I>the President's Lady.</B></I>” Two years earlier, Rev. Stephen Peabody, a widower, had married the widow Elizabeth Smith Shaw, Abigail Adams' sister, so this letter has tremendous Adams family association. Light toning on right half of letter. Fine condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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