American brewer and local Boston politician (1689–1748), known for being the father of Samuel Adams. Manuscript DS, signed “Samuel Adams,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 12.25, October 27, 1729. Legal document signed by Boston selectmen concerning a violation of “An Act for the better Regulating the admission of Town Inhabitants within the Province of the Massachusetts Bay.” It describes the arrival of “one John Nimmo Master of the Ship Tyley,” who arrived in Boston from Ireland and attempted to elude the provisions of the act. As a penalty, Nimmo has forfeited “One hundred pounds for the use of the poor of the Town of Boston.” Signed at the conclusion by Samuel Adams, Timothy Prout, Oxenbridge Thacher, John Hunt, David Farnum, and Jonathan Williams. In very good condition, with scattered staining not affecting Adams’s signature.
