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Massachusetts Bay Council DS 1775

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Massachusetts Bay Council DS 1775
"WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AFTER THE AUCTION ENDS BY THE AUCTIONEER ONCE ALL BIDS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER FOR EACH LOT."
Document signed by the ardent patriot Perez Morton, appointing Benjamin Hall as Justice of the Peace ''within our Province of the Massachusetts Bay.'' Single-page datelined Watertown, Massachusetts, 6 September 1775 measures 9.5'' x 15.5''. Document headed ''George the Third'' also signed by members of the Massachusetts Bay Council, including James Otis, Benjamin Lincoln, John Winthrop, Caleb Cushing, Benjamin Greenleaf, Samuel Holten, and others. Large paper seal at upper left. Archival fold repairs on verso and light foxing. Very good.