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James Otis

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James Otis

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Auction Date:2012 Apr 18 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
American statesman and lawyer (1725–1783) generally known as the originator of the phrase “No taxation without representation.” Manuscript DS, signed “J. Otis,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, 1754, the top of which is affixed to a larger sheet. Lengthy document, headed “George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith…To any Coroner of our County of York or his Deputy,” commanding the summons of “the inhabitants of First Parish in Kittery in our Sd. County of York.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one passing through a single letter of the signature, uniform toning with some scattered heavier spots, some partial separations to the folds, and a rough left edge.