Sought-after partly-printed DS, signed “Samuel Adams,” one page, 14.5 x 8.75, January 23, 1797. As governor of Massachusetts, Samuel Adams appoints Ebenezer Nichols as "Lieutenant of a Company in the First Regiment, (First Brigade), Third Division, of Militia of this Commonwealth." Neatly signed in the upper left, below the embossed seal of Massachusetts, by Governor Samuel Adams, and countersigned at the conclusion by Secretary John Avery. Gorgeously cloth-matted and framed with an engraved portrait and biographical caption to an overall size of 32 x 22.5. In fine condition, with a tiny stain touching one letter of the signature. An ideal, boldly signed military document from the Revolutionary leader.
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