Partly-printed DS filled out in the hand of John Hancock but unsigned, one page, 9 x 4.5, December 3, 1762. A bill of landing completed by Hancock, incorporating his last name in "Thomas Hancock," in part: "Shipped by the Grace of God, in good Order and well Condition'd, by Thomas Hancock…in and upon the good Ship called the Belsey whereof is Master, under God, for this present Voyage, Nathaniel Atwood and now riding at Anchor in the Harbour of Boston and by God's Grace bound for Halifax to say, Seventeen Cask of…Oyle, & One Bag of Cotton Wick Yarn." In fine condition. After graduating from Harvard in 1754, Hancock joined his uncle and adoptive father Thomas Hancock's merchant firm; John inherited the firm and family fortune after Thomas passed away in 1764, thus making him one of the wealthiest men in colonial America.
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