Lot 344
Shays' Rebellion, letter datelined "Springfield Jan 21, 1787" from a soldier in the Mass. State militia under General Lincoln, which militia was in the process of putting down the Shays' Rebellion. He tells his wife he hopes she is not upset about the rebellion and shares his thoughts and patriotic feelings as quoted here in part: "… when men are in arms and I am engaged in the cause of government and the Constitution… who are seeking their own in the ruin of the country… I am not at all distracted in anticipating any consequences which will come to myself that you may be terrified by false or even true accounts… dissatisfied would trample on our rights, privileges, lives and estates… it is hard service… might convince these people that they are inferior." Some splits along file folds, still Fine and very presentable. A wonderful firsthand insight to this important part of U.S. history.
Estimate 200 - 300
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