Lot 20
1713 (Feb. 9) Dartmouth, Ms. to Bristol, Ms., datelined folded letter addressed "to the Justices of the Court of quater sessions at Bristol" and endorsed "This Deliver with Care", no postal markings; some toning, Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
This 1713 letter is from Deliverance Smith, a Quaker, declining to serve on the Grand Jury, explaining that, "I cannot be accepted without an oath which in conscience to words God and fear of offending him I Dare not Take; do therefore pray that I may be Excused Being Ever Ready to serve my Queen and Contry."
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