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LOT #30

BOND SIGNED IN 1706 BY MAJOR JOHN WALLEY
WHO COMMANDED
THE FIRST EXPEDITIONS OF THE
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR INTO QUEBEC
IN 1689 AND 1690

ALSO SIGNED BY EARLY MASS BAY JURIST PAUL DUDLEY


(color scan available upon request)


JOHN WALLEY (1644 – 1712) Soldier. On February 12, 1689 he led the first expedition against the French and Indians in Canada and in August of 1690 he sailed from Boston with the fleet of Sir William Phips in a second expedition landing with 1,200 men under his command near Quebec. The bombardment of the city proved ineffective and Phip’s fleet withdrew.

PAUL DUDLEY (1675 – 1751). Jurist. Both his father and grandfather served as governor of Mass Bay. He served as chief justice from 1745 until his death.

ADS. 2 page. Boston. October 14, 1706. 14 ¼" x 12". A bond in which "John Walley of Boston in the County of Suffolk in New England am held and firmly bound unto Andrew Stannoil of Boston aforesaid Merchant in the full inst. Sum of Eight hundred Seventy four pounds ten shillings current silver in money of New England…The Condition of this oligation is such that Saumel Lillio of Boston, Merchant for value received of the above bounden John Walley hath drawn a sett of four bills of Exchange dated with the presents upon Capt. John Hobby Commander of the Ship Samuel in London…"

Fold split professionally repaired. Fine. .  $1000 - up 

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