Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 20

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1775.) Certificate for gunpowder and lead delivered to the Massachusetts magazine. Manuscript document, signed "Benjamin Bird, order of Mr. Wm Hunt agt, supplyer." One page, 3 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, docketed on verso "certificate for delivery of powder"; folds, uneven toning, untrimmed edges. Watertown, MA, 14 August 1775
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A receipt for patriot military supplies during the Siege of Boston. "This may certify that Mr. Jonathan Elsworth has delivered into the colony magazien one hundred three quarters and twenty one pounds of led, and rec'd his pay for carting." The "quarters" apparently referred to quarter barrels of gunpowder, as suggested by the docketing. The "led" was undoubtedly for producing ammunition.