JOHN ADAMS

IN A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION OF TWO

SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!

  HIS FREE-FRANKED ADDRESS LEAF PENNED

TO SITTING VICE PRESIDENT

ELBRIDGE GERRY

 

ADAMS, JOHN.  (1735-1826).  Second President of the United States; Signer of Declaration of Independence.  His Free-Franking Signature, “J. Adams”, on the integral address leaf [from a letter], penned along with the words: “Free” and addressed to:  “Elbridge Gerry Esq / Vice President / Washington”.  One page, overall small quarto. [address panel is octavo].  Quincy, Massachusetts, June 2, [1813].   Docketed by Gerry on verso, “Massachusetts / Quincy Letter / His Excell[enc]y Mr. / Adams / 2 June / 1813”.   Very fine condition.                                                                                                                    

Gerry was born on July 17, 1744, in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and was a prominent American Founding Father, merchant, and politician who signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.   He served as the fifth Vice President of the United States from March 4, 1813 until his death on November 23, 1814 under President James Madison.  

 

Any item of association between two [or more] Signers of the Declaration of Independence is highly coveted, and rarely encountered today.                                     

 

$13,750.00