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Autograph Letter, Signed "Samuel Townsend," to Benjamin Waters of Salem
de (Massachusetts, Charlestown)
- Usado
- Estado
- Old folds, old stains, small whole affecting two characters of text, Else VG
- Librería
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New York, New York, United States
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Charlestown [MA], 1759. 1pp., pen and ink on paper, docketed on verso. 1 vols. 7 1/4 x 7 inches. Old folds, old stains, small whole affecting two characters of text, Else VG. 1pp., pen and ink on paper, docketed on verso. 1 vols. 7 1/4 x 7 inches. "I HAVE BOUGHT THE HOUSE YOUR MOTHER LIVES IN" A letter advising Waters that Townsend has "bought the house your mother lives in and that I want it empty in order to live in."Further reading in part: "I am sensible that difficulty attends removing your mother under her circumstances If so I think it best to be done while the weather is warm... let me know as quick as possible what is to be done in this case and whether you will engage to pay me the rent for which time she may be in at... you see my friend without something is done my money which I have paid all down must ly (sic) wholly dead and useless...
Benjamin Waters (1721-1786) was born in Charlestown to Benjamin Waters and Abigail Stone. he later moved to Salem, where he was a baker. He married Esther Gilbert and had seven children. He died in Washington, Dutchess County, New York. Many of Benjamin Waters' papers and other related Waters' family documents and manuscripts are archived in the library of Essex Peabody Museum, in Essex, MA.
Benjamin Waters (1721-1786) was born in Charlestown to Benjamin Waters and Abigail Stone. he later moved to Salem, where he was a baker. He married Esther Gilbert and had seven children. He died in Washington, Dutchess County, New York. Many of Benjamin Waters' papers and other related Waters' family documents and manuscripts are archived in the library of Essex Peabody Museum, in Essex, MA.
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 37382
- Título
- Autograph Letter, Signed "Samuel Townsend," to Benjamin Waters of Salem
- Autor
- (Massachusetts, Charlestown)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- 1pp., pen and ink on paper, docketed on verso. 1 vols. 7 1/4 x 7 inches
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Old folds, old stains, small whole affecting two characters of text, Else VG
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Lugar de publicación
- Charlestown [MA]
- Fecha de publicación
- 1759
- Palabras clave
- Massachusetts | Colonial
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Americana;
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