1787 MANUSCRIPT PETITION OF BRAINTREE MASSACHUSETTS Selectmen Defending the Legality of Their Vote for Col. Thayer. Addressed to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Signed by 65 townsmen.
June 4, 1787. Manuscript petition, 29.5 x 18.5 cm., 5 pp., approx. 1000 words. Stitched sheets (stitching pulled). Browned, old staining and fraying, some short separations along folds, chips and tears to the final leaf, affecting a few of the signatures. This is a petition written by the selectmen of..... More