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John Adams Autograph Document Signed. One partially printed page, 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches, Boston; September 8, 1766. A writ engrossed in Adams' hand and signed on the verso, "Adams." Additionally signed by loyalist merchant Ezekiel Goldthwait as clerk. It reads, in part:"To the sheriff of Our County of Suffolk...We command you to Attach the Goods or Estate of Joseph Tirrell of Dorchester in our County of Suffolk, Trader to the value of Five Pounds, and for want thereof to take the Body of the said Joseph (if he may be found in your Precinct) and him safely keep, so that you have him before Our Justices of Our Inferiour Court of Common Pleas..."
Adams tried at least two cases involving the Tirrells in the early years of his law career. In a 1790 letter to his son, John Quincy, Adams wrote that "it was Joseph Tirrell the Horse Jockey who first raised me to fame...At Plymouth Court he had a sister, who had a popular Cause depending. He advised her to engage me in it: and I had the good fortune to conduct it in such a manner that from that time forward I was engaged in all the Causes in the County."
Condition: Age-toned with a few light stains. Flattened folds, with a few separations thereat and some wear to the edges. A few small instances of loss, affecting text. Docketed on the verso.
Reference: Massachusetts Historical Society: John Adams Letter to John Quincy Adams, December 13, 1790. In Adams Papers Digital Edition, vol. 9.
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2026 February 26 Historical Manuscripts & Texana Signature® Auction #6328 (go to Auction Home page)
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