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HANCOCK, John (1737-1793). Document signed ("John Hancock") as Governor of Massachusetts, Woolwich [District of Maine] 16 July 1781.
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HANCOCK, John (1737-1793). Document signed ("John Hancock") as Governor of Massachusetts, Woolwich [District of Maine] 16 July 1781.
One page, 320 x 185mm, large papered seal of Massachusetts on top left corner, notary's seal below, framed with portrait of Hancock.
Hancock endorses a ship's register, acknowledging "Elihu Getchel of Bowdoint in the County of Lincoln" as the master of the "Schooner Poll," and declaring "no Subject of the King of Great-Britain, directly or indirectly hath any Share, Part of Interest therein."
One page, 320 x 185mm, large papered seal of Massachusetts on top left corner, notary's seal below, framed with portrait of Hancock.
Hancock endorses a ship's register, acknowledging "Elihu Getchel of Bowdoint in the County of Lincoln" as the master of the "Schooner Poll," and declaring "no Subject of the King of Great-Britain, directly or indirectly hath any Share, Part of Interest therein."