Sep 15, 2011 - Sale 2253

Sale 2253 - Lot 212

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MASSACHUSETTS.) Leverett, John. Signature as governor, witnessing a deed. Document Signed on vellum, one page, 11 1/2 x 15 inches; moderate wear with slight loss at folds and in lower right margin. Boston, 24 November 1674

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John Leverett (1616-1679) was the leader of Massachusetts through King Philip's War. Here he witnesses a deed from Percival Clarke to Thomas Eldredge Junior of a small parcel of land adjoining the North Burying Place (now Copp's Hill Burying Ground) in Boston's North End.