April 12, 2024
COLONIAL GOVERNOR MASSACHUSETTS NEW JERSEY AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE PRINCETON COLLEGE
Pricing & History
-
Sold for
Start Free Trial or Sign In to see what it's worth.
- Sold Date
- Source eBay
JonathanBelcher (1683 – 1757) Colonial Governor of Massachusetts & New Hampshire, Governor of New Jersey & Founder of Princeton University! Here’s a RARE and Authentic Autograph Signature cut from a Letter Signed!! The document measures 2.75” x 1.25” and is in VERY GOOD condition! APPEARS MUCH NICER THAN THE SCANNED IMAGE – DISPLAYS WELL ! <<::>> BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of the HONORABLE JONATHAN BELCHER (1683 – 1757) Jonathan Belcher will be known to most as the Governor of Massachusetts (1730-1741) who played factional politics with a vengeance and was undone by the even greater guile of partisans of his successor, William Shirley, during the Land Bank Crisis. Batinski's achievement, although he does not slight Belcher the politician, is to position him skillfully at the intersection of the history of several colonies and several worlds. The author is thereby able to use Belcher as a representative figure whose varied activities illuminate the nature of provincial America during the early eighteenth century. The son of a self-made, domineering Boston merchant who sent him on a tour of Europe in his early twenties, Belcher obtained a cosmopolitan perspective on his native land and its place in the imperial firmament denied to most of his generation. The experience gave him a keen appreciation of the need to cultivate favor
read more
Items in the Price Guide are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs.
If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please contact us here to flag it for review.
If you are the originator/copyright holder of this photo/item and would prefer it be excluded from our community, contact us here for removal.
If you are the originator/copyright holder of this photo/item and would prefer it be excluded from our community, contact us here for removal.
