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ADAMS, JOHN. Autograph Note Signed, “J. Adams,” amending a partly-printed
document signed and accomplished by clerk Ezekial Goldthwait.The document, commanding
the Suffolk County Sherriff to summon William Cooper to the Inferior Court of Common
Pleas concerning a suit brought by MaryWilliams.The note, written close to the bottom edge:
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And the saidWilliam Cooper comes and defends &c and reserving Liberty of pleading anew
at the Superior Court says the writing declared on is not his Deed.” 10x7
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inches, written
on a sheet made by pasting together three sheets; scattered staining, folds with one affecting text
of note; matted with a portrait and framed.
Boston, 11 December 1769
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