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American Revolutionary War Privateering Commission of Schooner The Liberty signed John Hancock (1737-93), President of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 February 1778 Sheet of laid paper letterpress-printed and modified in iron gall ink, reading: 'IN CONGRESS. / The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware; Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, TO All unto whom these Presents shall come, send GREETING: KNOW YE, / THAT we have granted, and by these Presents do grant Licence and Authority to Matthew Ritch Mariner, Commander of the Schooner called The Liberty of the Burthen of forty five Tons, or thereabouts, belonging to the United States of America in the Colony of mounting Four Carriage Guns, and navigated by Eight Men, to fit out and set forth the said Schooner in a warlike Manner, and by and with the said Schooner and the Crew thereof, by Force of Arms, to attack, seize, and take the Ships and other Vessels belonging to the Inhabitants of Great-Britain, or any of them, with their Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Ladings, on the High Seas, or between high-water and low-water Marks, and to bring the same to some convenient Ports in the said Colonies, States in Order that the Courts, which are or shall be there appointed to hear and determine the Causes civil and maritime, may proceed in due Form to condemn the said Captures, if they be adjudged lawful Prize; the said Ritch having given Bond, with sufficient Sureties, that Nothing be done by the said Ritch or any of the Officers, Mariners or Company thereof contrary to, or inconsistent with the Usages and Customs of Nations, and the Instructions, a Copy of which is herewith delivered to him. And we will and require all our Officers whatsoever to give Succor and Assistance to the said Ritch in the Premises. This Commission shall continue in Force until the Congress shall issue Orders to the Contrary. / By Order of the Congress, / John Hancock PRESIDENT. / Dated at Phiald.\a 2\d Feby. 1778' Signed by Abraham Livingston (1754-82), Commissary to the Continental Army in Charleston, South Carolina, at lower left: 'Attest. / Charles Town 12th Feb: / 1778 / Abr\m Livingston'. Sheet, 13 x 8 in. Framed, 20 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. Footnotes: Provenance Property from a Mid-Atlantic Estate. Profiles in History, Beverly Hills, California. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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American Revolutionary War Privateering Commission of Schooner The Liberty signed John Hancock (1737-93), President of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 February 1778 Sheet of laid paper letterpress-printed and modified in iron gall ink, reading: 'IN CONGRESS. / The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware; Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, TO All unto whom these Presents shall come, send GREETING: KNOW YE, / THAT we have granted, and by these Presents do grant Licence and Authority to Matthew Ritch Mariner, Commander of the Schooner called The Liberty of the Burthen of forty five Tons, or thereabouts, belonging to the United States of America in the Colony of mounting Four Carriage Guns, and navigated by Eight Men, to fit out and set forth the said Schooner in a warlike Manner, and by and with the said Schooner and the Crew thereof, by Force of Arms, to attack, seize, and take the Ships and other Vessels belonging to the Inhabitants of Great-Britain, or any of them, with their Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Ladings, on the High Seas, or between high-water and low-water Marks, and to bring the same to some convenient Ports in the said Colonies, States in Order that the Courts, which are or shall be there appointed to hear and determine the Causes civil and maritime, may proceed in due Form to condemn the said Captures, if they be adjudged lawful Prize; the said Ritch having given Bond, with sufficient Sureties, that Nothing be done by the said Ritch or any of the Officers, Mariners or Company thereof contrary to, or inconsistent with the Usages and Customs of Nations, and the Instructions, a Copy of which is herewith delivered to him. And we will and require all our Officers whatsoever to give Succor and Assistance to the said Ritch in the Premises. This Commission shall continue in Force until the Congress shall issue Orders to the Contrary. / By Order of the Congress, / John Hancock PRESIDENT. / Dated at Phiald.\a 2\d Feby. 1778' Signed by Abraham Livingston (1754-82), Commissary to the Continental Army in Charleston, South Carolina, at lower left: 'Attest. / Charles Town 12th Feb: / 1778 / Abr\m Livingston'. Sheet, 13 x 8 in. Framed, 20 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. Footnotes: Provenance Property from a Mid-Atlantic Estate. Profiles in History, Beverly Hills, California. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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274 Cedar Hill St
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Massachusetts
01752
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