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Ebenezer Snell autographed manuscript document dated October 2, 1809, at Cummington, Massachusetts. The document records the settlement of book accounts between Oliver Richmond and Ebenezer Smith and is autographed at the conclusion "Ebenezr Snell." The reverse contains additional period accounting notations. Snell was the maternal grandfather of celebrated American poet William Cullen Bryant and later became the subject of Bryant's poem "The Old Man's Counsel," also known as the "Bennington Alarm."

Accompanied by a 5.5 x 7.5" engraved portrait of William Cullen Bryant bearing a facsimile autograph.

The document measures approximately 8 x 2.25". Good to fine condition with expected age toning, original folds, scattered light staining and soiling, minor edge wear, and handling wear.

Ebenezer Snell (1738–1813) was a Massachusetts Revolutionary War veteran, magistrate, and early settler of Cummington. During the Revolution, Snell answered the Bennington Alarm of 1777, an episode later memorialized by his grandson William Cullen Bryant in "The Old Man's Counsel." The poem recalls an aged Revolutionary veteran recounting his response to the alarm and the patriotic fervor surrounding the struggle for independence. Snell's daughter Sarah married Dr. Peter Bryant, and their son, William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), became one of the foremost American poets and literary figures of the nineteenth century. Bryant's writings preserved elements of his family's Revolutionary heritage and the rural Massachusetts world in which he was raised.

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Reference sku: 11695 1419207-1