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ADAMS, JOHN. Autograph Note Signed, "J. Adams," amending a partly-printed document signed and accomplished by clerk Ezekial Goldthwait. The document, commanding the Suffolk County Sherriff to summon William Cooper to the Inferior Court of Common Pleas concerning a suit brought by Mary Williams. The note, written close to the bottom edge: "And the said William Cooper comes and defends &c and reserving Liberty of pleading anew at the Superior Court says the writing declared on is not his Deed." 10x7 1/2 inches, written on a sheet made by pasting together three sheets; scattered staining, folds with one affecting text of note; matted with a portrait and framed. Boston, 11 December 1769
