Lot 348
Hall, Lyman (1724-1890) American Revolutionary leader, member of the Continental Congress, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Governor of Georgia. Extremely rare ALS ("L. Hall"), as Governor of Georgia, 1p, 13½" x 8¼", Georgia, 1786 April 7. Addressed on the verso, in Hall's hand, to To Capt. Elmer Street in Wallingford [Connecticut]; the letter was hand delivered by Capt. Atwater. Hall writes to Capt. Street about his agricultural crop:
"D[ea]r Sir, Reccd. the peach stones, grafts & beans safe--the grafts dead, the peach stones so…hard, I suspect they will not come up--none as yet. I think the only way will be to plant them there as the peach is Eat, plant the Stone in a little Box of Earth, standing in the Garden, & in the fall or Winter Transport that Box. We thank you for your trouble. The Butter-nuts had like to have forgot, we have planted a Number of them--hope they may come up.
Respect.g the Rice Crop, I can now give you pretty Exact Information, with what we have Reserved for seed & what we have beat out, the whole last years Crop, amounts to two Hundred Barrells…& still as much push.d for Money as ever--& for Years shall be if I live unless I can sell my plantat.n to the southw.d. Debt I hate, but blessed be God we have plenty of food & Rayment with which I am content. I have but a poor Opinion of this World.
We are brave in Health, Except the Smallpox, wh.h has made an Attack upon. Wish all Health to you & Sara & all the Family. I have not by this Opp.y Time to write another Letter. Give my Love to all in which Mrs. Hall & son Join. Yr. dr. L. Hall."
Fine. Written on laid paper, watermarked with a seated Britannia inside a double circle with a crown bearing a Maltese cross above; Britannia has a shield at her feet, a trident in one hand and a torch (?) in the other. The seal tear has been closed, affecting nothing. Hall is one of a small group of Signers whose letters and/or documents rarely come on the market. Only Button Gwinnett and Thomas Lynch, Jr. are rarer.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000.
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