Confiscated during the Revolutionary War. Autograph Letter Signed, "K Wendell." One page, 8" x 10". No place. June 24, 1780. Addressed on integral leaf to "Samuel Gray Esq. Windham Connecticut." Notation on integral leaf reads: "To be left at the Sign of the Lamb Boston for Dr. Gray." Wendell writes, in part: "… I am not able certainly to say who the lands were held under- but I think they were conveyed by my late mother to my father for life … My father dyed [sic] in Oct 1776. Long before any act passed for confiscating estates though our affairs are at present in a disagreeable situation -I am not discouraged- but trust a kind providence will relieve the Widow & fatherless that Desolate [?] females who for a time appear to have none to help- May see friends raised to plead and defend their Cause …" Samuel Gray Esq., a longtime resident of Windham, Ct., served as clerk of the county of Windham until his death in 1787, at which time his son took over that post. Also, Gray's wife was the sister of Connecticut's Chief Supreme Court Justice, Eliphalet Dyer, a relationship that undoubtedly played a role in Wendell's decision to seek Gray's assistance. "The Sign of the Lamb" was a popular Boston tavern throughout the Colonial and Revolutionary era and served as an endpoint of the first stage-coach line between Boston and Hartford.