Autograph letter signed to John D. Blake, dealing with financial matters

by Isaac Smith

$22,000 · Offered by Hordern House

Clapham, London: 5 December 1821. Quarto, manuscript in ink on paper, four pages on one folded leaf; one margin torn from opening under seal, red wax seal intact, soiling around old folds but in excellent condition, paper watermarked 1821; in a purpose-made quarter morocco case. The first man to step ashore from the Endeavour at Botany Bay

• Binding: Leather

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