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Patriot Benjamin Lincoln Document Signed

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Patriot Benjamin Lincoln Document Signed
<B>Patriot Benjamin Lincoln Partly-Printed Document Signed,</B></I> "<I>B. Lincoln Collr</B></I>", countersigned by James Lovell, one page with verso docketing, 7.5" x 12", Boston, Massachusetts, August 3, 1792. A legal statement regarding the ownership of the schooner <I>Elsa.</B></I> Imprinted with an early American eagle and bearing two paper seals. Toned with tiny splits on smoothed folds. Very good condition.<BR>Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) was employed as port collector for Boston and Charleston after the American Revolution. He was formerly a general in the Continental Army and served as Secretary of War, 1781-1783. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)