Samuel Appleton, Jr. receipt, Ipswich, Massachusetts, for John Adams, 1722 January 19 : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Appleton, Samuel, creator.

Contributor:

Adams, John, other.

Person, Bartholomew, other.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., associated name, former owner.

Language:

English

Genre:

Manuscripts, American -- 18th century.

receipts (financial records)

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Caroline F. Schimmel (New York, NY), 2024.

Sold by Period Americana, 2020.

Physical Description:

1 sheet : paper ; 8 x 13 cm

Production:

Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1722.

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 27 Folder 25

Biography/History:

Samuel Appleton Jr. was the son of Samuel Appleton (1625-1696), a military adn government leaderin the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Summary:

Autograph receipt, signed, recording a payment of two pounds eighteen shillings from a Mr. John Adams to Samuel Appleton. "Recd. 8/ on acc't of Mr. Bartholomew Person."

Notes:

Bookseller's description with biographical information about Appleton in folder with item.

Cited as:

Samuel Appleton, Jr. receipt, Ipswich, Massachusetts, for John Adams, 1722 January 19 (Misc Mss Box 27 Folder 25). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.