May 2012 Auction Ends Tuesday, May 29th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/29/2012
John Hancock document signed as Governor of Massachusetts. The founding father signs his original ''John Hancock'' for one of the last times, in Boston on 7 June 1793, just months before his death. Payment to one Mace Tisdale is ordered for a bounty on hemp in this partially-printed document. The fields are filled in by an unknown hand, and Secretary John Avery countersigns. Included in the lot is a 24 October 1794 autograph note signed by Tisdale to treasurer Thomas Davis, assigning the bounty to a David West. A red wax seal remnant is present with receipt signature to verso. Measures 7.5'' x 9''. Single page document is in very good condition with toning and separation to fold. Hancock's signature was not only the most attractive to grace the Declaration of Independence, it was the first, given his role as President of the Second Continental Congress.
John Hancock Signs a Document in 1793, The Last Year of His Life -- for a Bounty on Hemp
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