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144 - AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR: A LETTER SIGNED BY ADMIRAL SAMUEL GRAVES DURING THE 1775 SIEGE OF BOSTON
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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR: A LETTER SIGNED BY ADMIRAL SAMUEL GRAVES DURING THE 1775 SIEGE OF BOSTON one page letter dated “Boston the 13th of May 1775” addressed to Nathaniel Coffin Esqr signed “Saml. Graves” stating that he has “ordered the Nautilus sloop to go to sea immediately and cruize for the Charming Nancy transport with the cloathing and other stores for the Army” Provenance: Estate of the Late Clive Richards CBE. Samuel Graves (1713-1787) played a major role in the early part of the Revolutionary War and signed letters of his from this time are scarce.
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