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Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2053

(x) Historical Documents
1670 (22 Aug.) entire letter "To Mr Peeter Clayton at Mr Morries Esquier his house in Austin Fryers, London" and rated "3" pence and bears a fair strike of "AV/24" Bishop Mark. The letter is of a business nature for a bill of exchange for £28 and is signed "John Hancock", a Clayton agent in Gloucestershire and who is thought to be the grandfather of the John Hancock who signed the Declaration of Independence. From the Gerald E. Wellburn collection. Photo

provenance: Clayton archive

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