Lot 201
Adams, Samuel. Partly-printed Document Signed twice as tax collector for Boston, on the front "S. Adams" and on the verso, "Saml. Adams," with holograph notation, "Recd in full," Boston, 1763, 1 pg., 4 x 5¼ in., inlaid. Tax assessment No. 10, to Harrison Gray, Esqr., in the amount of £13.3.3 for province taxes and £24.10.9 for town and county rates. A printed statement at the bottom of the form says, "The Assessors sit at Faneuil-Hall in Boston, on Thursdays, from 3 to 5 of the Clock Afternoon, to whom any Person aggrieved may apply for Ease, as the Law directs." Overall toning; some show-though from writing on verso.
Samuel Adams was tax collector for Boston 1756-64. As a member of the Massachusetts legislature (1765-74), he organized opposition to the Stamp Act (1765), organized the Non-Importation Association (1768), helped found the Boston Committee of Correspondence (1772), and was a leader in the agitation that lead up to the Boston Tea Party. He was a delegate to the first and second Continental Congresss, signed the Declaration of Independence, was a member of Congress (to 1781), and was governor of Massachusetts (1794-97).
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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