84

John Bevil

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
John Bevil

Bidding Over

The auction is over for this lot.
The auctioneer wasn't accepting online bids for this lot.

Contact the auctioneer for information on the auction results.

Search for other lots to bid on...
Auction Date:2011 Nov 17 @ 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
Early settler and developer (1784–1862) of what is now Jasper County. He became alcalde of Bevil’s Settlement and was a delegate to the Consultation. He was an active land speculator and sometimes wound up in trouble over deals. Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, August 2, 1839. Land grant issued to Martha Ann Terry stating “she arrived in this Republic in the year 1831 and she is a widow entitled to One League and One Labor of Land upon the condition of paying at the rate of Three dollars & Fifty cents for each labor of irrigable land Two dollars & fifty cents for each labor of temporal or arable land and One dollar & Twenty cents for each labor of pasture land.” Signed at the conclusion by Bevil as president, and also signed by Associate Commissioner W. H. Stark, and attested by A. G. Parker. Terry has signed the reverse of the document as well. Framed to an overall size of 12.75 x 15.5. In very good condition, with several horizontal storage folds, and scattered toning and foxing. Bevil is quite scarce in any form. The Robert Davis Collection.