Autograph Letter Signed to Jonathan Belcher, SIGNED

by Both Men by Jonathan Belcher, Samuel Bickford

$750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

Folio. Old fold marks, else very good. DAB, II, pp. 143-144. Item #228513 Belcher was the colonial govenor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and later of New Jersey. This interesting letter is addressed to Belcher as govenor of N.H. and concerns the swapping of a horse, a Mair. The transaction was a bit shady and a controversy resulted, with Samuel Bickford hastening to Gov. Belcher for redress. The document is signed by Belcher on the

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