January 25th Rare Autograph & Book Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/25/2024
A fine ALS by Cooton Tufts dealing with land a business venture.
Cotton Tufts (1732-1815), the nephew of John Tufts, was born in Medford Mass. He not only became the leading pracitioner of Weymouth but was also an important figure in medical, scientific, and political affairs of Massachusetts. He was elected president of the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1787 and represented the town of Weymouth in the meetings against the Stamp Act and voted affirmatively in the Massachusetts convention to ratify the new United States Constitution in 1788. He was a friend of John Adams, whose private affairs he administered while Adams was at his London post.
Cotton Tufts Famous Doctor and patriot against the stamp act
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