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Patriot Orator JAMES OTIS - Financial Doc Signed

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James Otis (1725-1782) Patriot, orator. Otis's reputation as a defender of colonial rights in the quarrel with Great Britain was unmatched during the decade 1760-1770. While Samuel Adams wrote inflammatory articles at the popular level, Otis appealed to the law and to the logic of English. 12 ½" x 7 ¼" financial document signed. The document is an invoice to from Otis upon which he has written: "December 1759 Paid in full for the above James Otis." Irregularly torn on the right margin with a ½" uneven toning to that margin.

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