John Hancock Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

Hancock handwrote, dated and put his John Hancock on this letter to the "Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives" in 1783, while he was Governor of Massachusetts. He wrote this letter to inform the recipients that he had received an "Application for Sundry Articles for the use of the Tribe" from the Penobscot, which offered their services to the colonies during the American Revolutionary War. This letter was written less than eight months before the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war between the colonies and England.

His handwritten March 1783 letter as Governor of Massachusetts, instructing a garrison commander to forbid a ship full of Tories to disembark, requiring them to sail instead for New York (still in British hands)

THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS URGES THE PRESIDENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO TAKE THE SAME STEPS AS MASSACHUSETTS HAD TAKEN IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE FISHING INDUSTRY ON THE MERRIMACK RIVER   JOHN HANCOCK. Autograph Letter, unsigned, 1p, 6¾x9. Boston, 1783 October 31.

JOHN HANCOCK and JOHN AVERY, JR. As Massachusetts Governor and Secretary of State, both sign a manuscript document appointing Superior Court Justice David Sewall to the Commonwealth's Supreme Court (1781). Ornate Manuscript DS: "John Hancock" as Governor of Massachusetts, 1 page, 21¾x13. On vellum.

John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence, filled out this unsigned bill of lading for his uncle Thomas Hancock's import/export business in 1762, three years before he inherited the business. A rare document from the early life of one of the Founding Fathers!

JOHN HANCOCK As Governor of Massachusetts (1783), he signs authorization to reimburse citizens who assisted a Dutch man of war at Cape Cod. Manuscript DS: "His Excellency John Hancock Esqr to Thos Knox" in text, 1 page, 6½x6. Boston, 1783 November 20.

JOHN HANCOCK John Hancock wrote this third person letter as Governor of Massachusetts in 1793, the year of his death, to invite the Lieutenant Governor and the Governor's Council to his home. Third person autograph letter. 1 page, 7x5¾. Docketed on verso. March 26, 1793.