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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1351

Province of the Massachusetts Bay August 9, 1773. 500 Pounds. 5% Bond due 1775. VF. Ornate border. Embossed seal. Signed by Samuel Adams, Thomas Cushing and James Pitts for Committee. Fold splits lightly taped on the back. It is endorsed on the reverse by the owner, and there is a notation that interest was paid in 1774. The bond is unlisted in Anderson. We know of only four of these bonds, two of which have been sold by us in previous auctions. This example was issued before the Revolutionary Era, when Harrison Otis Gray was still the colonial Treasurer. The bond was witnessed by James Pitts and Thomas Cushing, (1725-1788) Massachusetts merchant, member of the Continental Congress, speaker of the Colonial House, etc. Signed by Samuel Adams (1722-1803) signer of the Declaration of Independence, Continental Congressman, Massachusetts Governor, early opponent of British rule and the Stamp Act. He engineered the election of John Hancock as head of the Patriot Party, and later became the governor of Massachusetts himself. An extraordinary piece. Please see Lots 1091-1128 for additional autograph documents.

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$4,750