Partly-printed Revolutionary War–dated DS one page, 15 x 10.25, May 2, 1776. Massachusetts Bay Colony appointment for James Parker, to be a “first Lieutenant of the Seventh Company of which Samuel Gazsen is Captain on the Sixth Regiment of Militia in the County of Middlesex.” Signed in the left border by Benjamin Lincoln, James Otis, and 13 others. Suede-matted to an overall size of 20.5 x 16. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, some repairs to paper loss along folds and top edge, tape reinforcement to reverse of folds, and some paper loss to bottom edge. RR Auction COA.
