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HANCOCK, John (1737-1793), Signer (Massachusetts) (1737-1793). Printed document signed ("John Hancock," with his usual flourish), headed (in type) Boston, April 1767. 1 page, an oblong, (1¾ x 3¾ in.) accomplished in manuscript, attractively printed with elaborate typographical borders and several types, small triangle at bottom left renewed with loss of several letters, the signature pale. IN A CUSTOM RED MOROCCO FOLDING DISPLAY SLIPCASE, gilt-lettered text surrounding a window which encloses the document, the two panels hinged to stand for exhibition.
A HANCOCK LOTTERY TICKET FOR THE REBUILDING OF BOSTON'S FANEUIL HALL
The ticket (No.952) "entitles the Possessor to any Prize drawn against said Number, in a Lottery granted by an Act of the General Court of...Massachusetts-Bay, for rebuilding Faneuil Hall..." Faneuil Hall, a market and public hall built for the city of Boston by the merchant Peter Faneuil in 1740-42, was long the focus of political protest in Boston, earning the nickname "The Cradle of Liberty." By 1767, the date of the lottery, Hancock had already taken a prominent role in the opposition to the Stamp Acts of 1765.
A HANCOCK LOTTERY TICKET FOR THE REBUILDING OF BOSTON'S FANEUIL HALL
The ticket (No.952) "entitles the Possessor to any Prize drawn against said Number, in a Lottery granted by an Act of the General Court of...Massachusetts-Bay, for rebuilding Faneuil Hall..." Faneuil Hall, a market and public hall built for the city of Boston by the merchant Peter Faneuil in 1740-42, was long the focus of political protest in Boston, earning the nickname "The Cradle of Liberty." By 1767, the date of the lottery, Hancock had already taken a prominent role in the opposition to the Stamp Acts of 1765.