WINTHROP JOHN Autograph Endorsement Signed Jo Winthrop Govr

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SECOND GOVERNOR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY WINTHROP, JOHN. Autograph Endorsement Signed, "Jo: Winthrop: Gov'r," certifying a document making an insane woman the ward of a Boston citizen by order of the Massachusetts General Court: "The magistrate's consent with the / Brethren the Dep'tys herein," written in the lower margin of the document. Countersigned by Deputy Edward Rawson and additionally signed by Robert Keayne. 1 page, 5 1/4x5 3/4 inches; marked bands of staining across middle and also at upper and right edges affecting Keayne signature (but still legible), minor loss to lower right corner (not affecting text); matted with a portrait and framed. Np, 21 May 1646

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". . . Robert Keayne & William Parke are & were directed by the Hono'ed Generall Court for the placing out of one Sarah Thorne who at present is distracted & craisey braynd . . . we . . . have placed her unto Alexander Beck of Boston with him to live & hee to finde her meate drink & cloathing upon consideration thereof he is to have five pounds per anno payd him quarterly by the treasurer . . . ."
Captain Robert Keayne (1595-1656) was a Boston merchant who arrived in New England from London in 1635; he commanded the first artillery company in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.