2026
17th-Century MA Document: Simon Bradstreet
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500
Sold
$2,000
Live Auction
November 5th, 2021 Gallery Auction l Americana Historical Documents, Memorabilia, & Weapons
Category
Description
Simon Bradstreet (1603-1697, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1679-'86 and 1689--'92) document, signed, dated at Boston, February 21, 1683: the complaint of Samuel Shrimpton, a Boston merchant, against Charles Gilman, a New Jersey colonist, for failing to pay for items bought in July of 1682. The document contains an extract from Shrimpton's ledger, with a signed 11-line inscription by Bradstreet, and 5 lines of notary by Robert Howard. 1 p. folio.
Condition
Intersecting folds, some with toning, document window-mounted on a slightly larger sheet of paper
Provenance
From the estate of a Maryland collector. Purchased from Walter Benjamin Autographs, December, 1980.
