[Colonial America] Rishworth, Edward. Group of 3 Autograph Legal Documents, signed

1. Boston, May 12, 1670. Single sheet, 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (311 x 216 mm). One-page autograph document, signed by Edward Rishworth, being a petition to the General Court seeking a pardon for accepting a commission contrary to the law. Docketed on verso. Reinforced along edges on verso; creasing from old folds. Mounted along left edge with two below documents.

2. (Province of Maine), May 6, 1681. Single sheet, 5 1/2 x 7 in. (140 x 178 mm). Autograph document, signed twice by Rishworth as Recorder of Maine Province, being a sworn deposition by a Richard Hunnewell (1645-1703), regarding a land claim in relation to Ambrose Boaden's plantation. Creased from old folds; laid down on larger sheet.

3. Province of Maine, December 11, 1680. Two sheets, each 11 5/8 x 7 1/2 (295 x 190 mm). Three-page autograph document, signed by Rishworth as Recorder of the Province of Maine, being a copy of a libel suit brought by Collector and Surveyor of New England Edward Randolph (1632-1703) against Ely Nicoll, Master of a Barque. Creasing from old folds; repairs along edges; scattered spotting.

Based primarily in Maine, then part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Edward Rishworth served in a variety of civic roles, including as a member of the Governor's Council and as a justice of the courts. He is perhaps best remembered for his involvement in documenting King William's War and the frontier conflicts between English settlers and French-allied Indigenous groups in northern New England.

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C.F. Libbie & Co., Boston, March 17, 1891, Catalogue of Autographs & Letters...by the Late Prof. E.H. Leffingwell, Lot 5486

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How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Colonial America] Rishworth, Edward. Group of 3 Autograph Legal Documents, signed

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Colonial America] Rishworth, Edward. Group of 3 Autograph Legal Documents, signed

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