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[COLONIAL]. Manuscript signed by Thomas HINCKLEY (1618-1706), last Governor of Plymouth Colony, and Nathaniel MORTON (1613-1685), Plymouth Colony secretary and historian.
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Oct 25, 2024 10:00AM ET
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[COLONIAL]. Manuscript signed by Thomas HINCKLEY (1618-1706), last Governor of Plymouth Colony, and Nathaniel MORTON (1613-1685), Plymouth Colony secretary and historian.

Manuscript inventory and receipt, undated [ca 1660s-early 1680s?], 1 1/4 p, approx. 4 x 5 3/4 in., twice-signed by Thomas Hinckley as witness. Docketed on verso by Nathaniel Morton as Colonial Secretary.

Thomas Hinckley served as Colonial Governor of Plymouth Colony from 1680-1686, and again from 1689-1692 at which time Plymouth ceased to exist as an independent English colony and became part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Nathaniel Morton served for most of his life as Plymouth's secretary under his uncle, Governor William Bradford. Morton wrote an account of the settlement of the Colony, the first historical text published in the United States, and was first to publish a list of signers of the Mayflower Compact.

A scarce document from 17th-century colonial America signed by two of Plymouth Colony's prominent citizens.
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