{"product_id":"john-adams-signed-framed-1783-handwritten-letter-to-john-handcock-bas-loa","title":"John Adams Signed \u0026 Framed 1783 Handwritten Letter To John Handcock BAS LOA","description":"This Autographed Dated May 26, 1783 \u0026amp; Framed 7.25x9.25 Handwritten Letter  has been Personally Signed by John Adams.  This item is 100% Authentic to include a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) \/ hologram by Beckett Authentication Services. The authenticity can be verified on Beckett Authentication Services website.  This item has been professionally framed to overall dimensions of approximately 14.25 x 19.5 inches.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSignificant handwritten letter to \"His Excellency John Hancock,\" sent from Paris while awaiting the final signing of the Treaty of Paris. In full: \"Mr. De Hogendorp, a Lieutenant in the Dutch Guards, in the Service of the Republick of Holland, is going to America in the Suite of Mr. Vanberkel the Dutch Minister and I am requested by some respectable Gentlemen to give him Letters of Introduction to some persons in America. Any civilities you may please to show him will be gratefully acknowledged.\" Handsomely archivally double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 19.5 x 14.25.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAutograph letters from Adams to Hancock are exceedingly rare: in 1987, R. A. Ryerson, editor of the Adams Papers, identified this as one of only 13 extant letters of Adams to Hancock. Nine of these are in the Adams Papers, three are owned by other institutions, and only one other item—an account statement—remained in private hands at that date.","brand":"Press Pass Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54397545087289,"sku":"BAS-AG010014","price":74999.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0892\/9008\/0569\/files\/img_4097_e0257d71-6010-4127-9524-067445465056.jpg?v=1787960272","url":"https:\/\/presspasscollectibles.com\/products\/john-adams-signed-framed-1783-handwritten-letter-to-john-handcock-bas-loa","provider":"Press Pass Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}