Autographs
1797 Document Signed Benjamin Lincoln & James Lovell
BENJAMIN LINCOLN (1733-1810). American Major General during the Revolutionary War, the First United States Secretary At War.

JAMES LOVELL James Lovell (1737-1814) was a Delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1782 and was a Signer of the Articles of Confederation.
June 20, 1797-Dated Federal Period, Partially-Printed Document Signed, “B Lincoln” as Port of Boston Collector, 1 page, 7.75” x 6.25”, Choice Extremely Fine. Bright and boldly written upon fresh period laid paper, mounting hinge thins in the extreme left marginal selvege can be easily matted or trimmed. Being an official Receipt for $15.30 of duties on goods bound for Salem (MA.). Countersigned, “James Lovell / Navl Off”. Bold and attractive, this Document bearing two historic signatures.
Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) was an American army officer. He served as a Major General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is notable for being involved in three major surrenders during the war: his participation in the Battles of Saratoga (sustaining a wound shortly afterward) contributed to John Burgoyne's surrender of a British army; he oversaw the largest American surrender of the war at the 1780 Siege of Charleston; and, as General George Washington's second in command, he formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown.

After the war Lincoln was active in politics in his native Massachusetts, running several times for lieutenant governor but only winning one term in that office. He led a militia army (privately funded by Massachusetts merchants) in the suppression of Shays' Rebellion in 1787, and was a strong supporter of the new United States Constitution. He was for many of his later years the politically influential customs collector of the Port of Boston.