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Auction archive: Lot number 75

HANCOCK, JOHN, AS PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

Estimate
US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$59,375
Auction archive: Lot number 75

HANCOCK, JOHN, AS PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

Estimate
US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$59,375
Beschreibung:

Hancock, John, as President of the Continental Congress Letter signed ("John Hancock"), written in a neat clerical hand, 2 pages (12 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.; 319 x 200 mm) on a single sheet (watermarked English arms), Philadelphia, 22 July 1776, to General Charles Lee with a 27-word postscript in Hancock's hand; neatly silked, closing a few fold separations and marginal chips, one costing first three letters of the word "brave." Half brown morocco slipcase, purple morocco labels, chemise.

Auction archive: Lot number 75
Auction:
Datum:
14 Apr 2010
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Hancock, John, as President of the Continental Congress Letter signed ("John Hancock"), written in a neat clerical hand, 2 pages (12 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.; 319 x 200 mm) on a single sheet (watermarked English arms), Philadelphia, 22 July 1776, to General Charles Lee with a 27-word postscript in Hancock's hand; neatly silked, closing a few fold separations and marginal chips, one costing first three letters of the word "brave." Half brown morocco slipcase, purple morocco labels, chemise.

Auction archive: Lot number 75
Auction:
Datum:
14 Apr 2010
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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