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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, Feb 13, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 961

William Bull, Two South Carolina Documents

Estimate: $400 - $600

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royal land grant of 100 acres to James Boyle, situated in Berkley County, signed by William Bull, dated Anno 1771, in the eleventh year of our reign, with attached survey; petition, "To the Honourable William Bull Esquire Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majesties Province of South Carolina...We humbly beg leave to lay before you a Grievance that for Several years...Can no longer be Silent under it...many persons in the Commission of the Peace who are weak, illiterate, and Tyranical, but Notoriously destitute of Common Honesty...", signed by ten citizens - Note: William Bull (1683-1745) was the 24th Governor of South Carolina 1737-1743 and 2nd Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1738-1755. - Provenance: Private Collection, Franklin, North Carolina

Condition

toning, foxing, staining, loss to edges, some small tears at folds, some creasing at edges
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