Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
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January 27, 09:56 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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BRADFORD, WILLIAM
DOCUMENT SIGNED ("WILLIAM BRADFORD JUNR") REGARDING A TRADE OF FLOWER AND BREAD FOR RUM AND SUGAR
One page (8 1/4 x 7 in.; 211 x 178 mm), New York, 15 January 1729/30, chart on verso in unidentified hand; folds at edges, a few pin-sized holes.
Bradford writes a memorandum to have Mr. Johann David Wolf call upon Mr. Abrah Sandford and Mr. Gomez to "inquire whether he has ship't the rum for me, as i am informed by his letters, & if he has any money of mine left in his hands, desire him to deliver it to you" in exchange for "Flower & Bread" Wolf is providing.
Bradford is the grandfather of William Bradford, best known as the official printer of the First Continental Congress.