Softcover
1771 · (London
by HAYLEY, George. (John Hancock)
(London, 1771. Softcover. Very Good. Autograph Letter Signed: "Hayley & Hopkins". Small quarto. 2pp., neatly written in ink on the first two pages of one folded sheet (bifolium) of laid paper. Datelined 11 May 1771. Includes a manuscript copy of a previously sent letter datelined "London, 27 April, 1771". Addressed on the final page "To John Hancock Esqr. at Boston". Docketed in ink above the address, likely by John Hancock: "Hayley & Hopkins, by Capt. White, 1771". Moderate toning, two small circular tears at left edge, two or three small splits along the old folds, very good. Hayley discusses the shipping status of some of Hancock's vessels (truncated)