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1774 Ebenezer Breed Owner Breed's Hill/BUNKER HILL

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1774 Ebenezer Breed Owner Breed's Hill/BUNKER HILL

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Rare Ebenr Breed Owner of Historic Charlestown's "Breed's Hill" a.k.a. BUNKER HILL Autograph Document Signed
1774-Dated Revolutionary War Era, Autograph Document Signed, "Ebenr Breed," (Ebenezer Breed) Owner of Charlestown's Breed's Hill, (BUNKER HILL), Very Fine.
Autograph Document Signed, "Ebenr Breed," internally, 1 page. No place. Breed writes: "Mr. Baker to Ebenr Breed To the hire of a horse & shay to Salem 4.10.0 To a horse & sulky to Medford and Cambridge and to Jamaca [sic] to Call a Councill & Expenses 4.0.0 8.10.0." Pen notation at lower edge identifies Breed as owner of Breed's Hill. Usual folds, some very light toning to left edge. The first of this historic signature we have offered.

Ebenezer Breed. American merchant and owner of Charlestown's Breed's Hill. It was upon Breed's Hill that much of the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought.

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1774 Ebenezer Breed Owner Breed's Hill/BUNKER HILL

Name: 1774 Ebenezer Breed Owner Breed's Hill/BUNKER HILL
SKU: 80788062
Price: 1000 USD
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