HANCOCK, JOHN, Signer (Massachusetts), President of the Continental Congress. Printed document boldly signed as Governor of Massachusetts, countersigned by John Avery, Secretary, [Boston, Mass.] 25 July 1784. One page, an oblong, 324 x 402mm. (12 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.), original paper seal of Massachusetts affixed at left, repaired at central fold without loss, unobtrusively backed with linen, a few stains, headed at top: "By His Excellency John Hancock, Esq, Governor and Commander in Chief...," accomplished in manuscript. A commission for Simon Winship, Gentleman, "as a Second Lieutenant of the Third Company, commanded by Solomon Peirce in the third Regiment of Militia whereof Samuel Larson Esq. is Colonel."

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HANCOCK, JOHN, Signer (Massachusetts), President of the Continental Congress. Printed document boldly signed as Governor of Massachusetts, countersigned by John Avery, Secretary, [Boston, Mass.] 25 July 1784. One page, an oblong, 324 x 402mm. (12 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.), original paper seal of Massachusetts affixed at left, repaired at central fold without loss, unobtrusively backed with linen, a few stains, headed at top: "By His Excellency John Hancock, Esq, Governor and Commander in Chief...," accomplished in manuscript. A commission for Simon Winship, Gentleman, "as a Second Lieutenant of the Third Company, commanded by Solomon Peirce in the third Regiment of Militia whereof Samuel Larson Esq. is Colonel."