Partly-printed DS, one page, 15.25 x 12.5, December 20, 1787. As governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, John Hancock appoints Joseph Sawyer as a "Lieutenant of the eleventh company, in the first Regiment, and in the second Brigade of the Seventh Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth comprehending the County of Worcester.” Signed boldly in the left margin by Hancock, and countersigned below by John Avery as secretary. The left side retains the document’s original large paper seal and red-white-and-blue ribbon. Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 23.25 x 20.75. In very good to fine condition, with a few spots and old tape stains, and splitting to the intersecting folds; Hancock's bold signature is clean and completely unaffected. An attractive example with a prominent signature of the American Founding Father.
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