September 10th Rare Autographs, Books and Sports
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General Benjamin Lincoln and Thomas Melville participant of The Boston Tea Party and The Grandfather of Herman Melville Signed Port of Boston and Charlestown Form. Dated July 31, 1807 and is for the America Vessel Betsy Brown.
BENJAMIN LINCOLN (1733-1810). Revolutionary War Continental Army Major General, as George Washington's second in command, he formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown, 1781 to 1783 was the United States Secretary of War.
Thomas Melvill or Thomas Melville (January 16, 1751 – September 16, 1832) was a merchant, member of the Sons of Liberty, participant in the Boston Tea Party, a major in the American Revolution, a longtime fireman in the Boston Fire Department, state legislator, and paternal grandfather of writer Herman Melville
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