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Nathaniel Gorham

Eighth President of the United States
in Congress Assembled
June 6, 1786 - November 13, 1786
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Stanley L. Klos Collection CF-050

Gorham, Nathaniel - Autograph letter signed, 7 ½” x 11 ¾”,   "Nathaniel Gorham” to the merchants Messrs. Reynell & Coates, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 5 November 1772. This early Gorham seeks iron:

“…by Capt. Hinkley I wrote you desiring you to ship me 2 Tons Barr Iron which I take this opportunitiy to desire you to alter & in the room of it to send six Tons pig Iron & if you cannot get pig Iron then to send the Barr Iron as above mentioned…”

According to the Iron Act of 1750, iron manufacture was prohibited in the colonies and all pig and bar iron was to be shipped to Great Britain for finishing. Many Colonial merchants and manufacturers skirted these laws and future President Gorham’s business was no exception to circumventing these British Laws. While most of the arms used during the American Revolution were of European manufacture, some of the numerous New England iron furnaces did supply shot, shells and the occasional cannon.

Shays Rebellion
August 29, 1786 to March 1787

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Stanley L. Klos Collection CF-051

The History Of The Insurrections, In Massachusetts  In The Year Mdcclxxxvi, And The Rebellion Consequent Thereon,  Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, ., 1788, 12” x 19”, 192pages.  This is a  first edition of  a significant account of the Massachusetts rebellion, led by Daniel Shays, which erupted during the economic depression that followed the American Revolution.

"Indirectly, the rebellion strengthened the movement culminating in the adoption of the Federal Constitution"[i]

Minot was an ardent Federalist, and he wished to illuminate the disorder which came with weak government.

This was the personal copy of Representative Samuel Sewall of Massachusetts.  He was born in Boston, Mass., December 11, 1757 and graduated from Harvard College in 1776.  He was a member of the State house of representatives 1784 and 1788-1796 and was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Benjamin Goodhue.  He was reelected to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses and served from December 7, 1796, until his resignation on January 10, 1800. He died in Wiscasset, Maine, June 8, 1814

Benjamin Lincoln
Revolutionary War Major General
Shays Rebellion
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Stanley L. Klos Collection C-052

Lincoln, Benjamin - Partly Printed Document  signed B Lincoln, dated July 6, 1806 framed, 21” x 21”, for display.  An import certificate for green tea; also signed by Thomas Melvill who participated in the Boston Tea Party.

Benjamin Lincoln was born in Hingham, Massachusetts January 24, 1733.  He was a member of the provincial congresses of Massachusetts and was active in training Continental troops.  In 1776 he was appointed major-general of the state militia and led the effort to clear Boston harbor of British ships.  He participated with Washington at the Battle of White Plains, Fort Independence and others.  During the Battle of Bemis’s Heights he mistook some British for American troops and received a severe wound that forced him to retire for a year and crippled him for the rest of his life.

In 1786 Daniels Shays lead a rebellion against the government of Massachusetts.   Gov. James Bowdoin appointed former major General Benjamin Lincoln to command 4,000 men against the insurgents. Before these Lincoln and his troops arrived at Springfield, Gen. William Sheppard’s soldiers there had repelled an attack on the federal arsenal. Shays, losing several men, dispersed his rebels, and Lincoln's troops tracked them to Petersham, where they were finally routed.

While serving as collector for the port of Boston, he became an avid naturalist with many published works.  Lincoln died May 9, 1810 in Hingham, Massachusetts.

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Philadelphia	May 10, 1775 to December 12, 1776	Pennsylvania State House
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Trenton	November 1, 1784 to December 24, 1784	French Arms Tavern, New Jersey
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