Lot 144
Bradstreet, Simon (1603-97) Commissioner and governor of New England Confederation. Partly-printed Document Signed ("Sim: Bradstreet Govr.") as Governor of Massachusetts, in the first year of the reign of William and Mary, Boston, February 6, 1689, 1 pg., oblong folio. Appointing Hanania Parker "Lieutenant of a Foot Company…in the Town of Reddin in the county of Middlesex…under the Command of Jeremiah Sweyne, Captain." Expected toning and foxing; small tears and holes; faint dampstain at blank lower edge. The beautiful paper seal at upper left is one of the earliest seals of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The print and script on the document are dark and easily read. Attractively matted and framed with an image of Bradstreet and biographies of Bradstreet and Parker, who was a soldier in King Phillip's War. Overall size is 22 x 17½ in. Ready for display.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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