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Lot 290

SOMERSET, Lord Charles (1767-1831) and BLAIR, Montgomery (1...

Estimate: $150 - $250

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SOMERSET, Lord Charles (1767-1831) and BLAIR, Montgomery (1813-1883). A Pair of Signed Documents by English or American Officials. [V.p., ca. 1822, 1861]. Including a land grant document signed by the governor of the Cape of Good Hope (1822), Lord Somerset (with wax seal and with surveyor?s manuscript map on verso), and a local postmaster appointment signed by the Postmaster General of the United States, Montgomery Blair (1863, with embossed seal). 19 x 12? and 13 x 16?. Both documents creased, toned, soiled, with tears, tape repairs to versos. Generally good.