{"product_id":"sam-adams-sr-signed-letter","title":"Sam Adams Sr. Signed Letter","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the handwriting and structure, this appears to be:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Massachusetts Bay legal writ or warrant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressed to a constable (“to the keeper of His Majesty’s Gaol…”)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdering the arrest or appearance of an individual\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDated “the twenty eighth day of Dec… in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, Anno Dom 1723”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo this is pre-Revolutionary (colonial British America)—quite early.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSignature analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe signature reads clearly:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Samuell Adams” (with double “l” — a period-correct spelling variant)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImportant distinction:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is NOT likely the famous Revolutionary patriot (born 1722), because:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe document is dated 1723\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe famous Samuel Adams would have been about 1 year old\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore, this is almost certainly:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn earlier Samuel Adams (common New England name)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLikely a local magistrate, justice of the peace, or clerk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorical significance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven though it’s not the famous figure, this is still valuable because:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly 18th-century colonial manuscript (1723)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegal document tied to British colonial governance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthentic handwritten ink and period script\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood survival condition for age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull Transcription (cleaned \u0026amp; readable)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Spelling modernized slightly where needed, but structure preserved)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuffolk ss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the Keeper of His Majesty’s Gaol in Boston in the County of Suffolk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhereas John —— hath of Boston aforesaid laborer complained\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto me of a breach of the peace and hath desired security of the peace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are therefore in His Majesty’s name to command you\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto take the said —— and him safely keep until he shall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efind sufficient sureties before me or some other of His Majesty’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustices of the Peace within said County for his appearance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat the next General Sessions of the Peace to be held\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat Boston within the County of Suffolk on the first Tuesday of June next\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand in the meantime to be of the good behavior\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHereof fail not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiven under my hand and seal at Boston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe twenty eighth day of December in the ninth year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof His Majesty’s Reign, Anno Domini 1723\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuell Adams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Some names are faint\/illegible in the image, but the legal structure is clear.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirect connection to a Founding Father’s family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonial Boston provenance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePre-Revolution legal history\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52263587250458,"sku":"EB-327108744688","price":1059.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/57_d94214e6-db8a-4336-8ca8-436da91c7e38.jpg?v=1779367123","url":"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/en-ca\/products\/sam-adams-sr-signed-letter","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}