Educator and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts, (1737-1814) who was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation. LS signed “James Lovell, Nav'l Off., the Collector being 'disabled',” one page, 7.75 x 12.75, January 18, 1809. Written from the Collector's Office of Boston, a letter to David Gelston, the Customs Collector of New York, in full: "Yours of the 13th Ins't requesting to be informed if the Schooner Clarinda, Adams, master, had arrived at this port, was this day received—in answer thereto I have to observe that no such vessel appears on the records of our office—should her real destination be for this port, & should she arrive, you shall have information therefor." In very good to fine condition, with splits to the fold ends, and a seal-related tear to the left edge. From the Collection of Dr. Lawrence E. Miller.
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