Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 151

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
A PATRIOT GETS HIS PAY (LEXINGTON & CONCORD.) PAGE, JEREMIAH. Autograph Document Signed, "Jere'h Page," as Lieutenant Colonel in the Massachusetts Militia, a receipt issued to Samuel Holton for "the wages doue to me & my compney that went on the Larum last April in year 1775" (the Battle of Lexington). 1 page, 2 1/2 x 8 inches; 2 small mounting hinges on verso. "Danvars" [Danvers, MA], 8 March 1776
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Page was a brickmaker who led a company of 37 men into battle at Lexington. His home in Danvers still stands an historic site.