Apr 23, 2009 - Sale 2177

Sale 2177 - Lot 1

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
"THE WHEELS ARE ALL IN MOTION . . . I SHALL GET THE GUNS CAST HERE" (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) CUSHING, THOMAS. Autograph Letter Signed, to [President of the Continental Congress] John Hancock, forwarding a letter [not present] and requesting instructions regarding the casting of guns. 1 page, folio; short separations at folds, minor scattered foxing, remnants of prior mounting along right edge verso, docketed verso. Watertown, 5 February 1776
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". . . you will perceive the Wheels are all in motion but will soon be Clogged for want of Cash . . . . [P]ray let me know whether you design I shall get the Guns cast here; if you do, Pig Iron must be sent immediately . . . . I every minute expect to hear from you with further directions . . . ."
Cushing (1725-1788) was a member of the First and Second Continental Congresses, and also served as Massachusetts lieutenant-governor, 1780-88.