1785 Auction Records For an Innholder at Needham. Headed "Articles sold at Colo. Mackintoshes at Needham (Mass.) Innholder on the 23 Nov. 1785," 3½pp, 12¼ x 7¾ in. Listing the articles sold, to whom and for how much. There are many household items such as kettles, dishes, furniture, flat irons, curtains, blankets, a bridle, a saddle cloth, a candle box, a chocolate box, and a dictionary. Several military people are listed as buyers. Col. McIntosh signed that the total received was £12.5.9. Docket reads, "An Account of articles sold for Mr. Walter Logan in 1785, at Publick Auction." Good to very good; splits at horizontal fold, some contemporary stains at bottom, and light soiling, but very boldly written.
Estimated Value $750 - 850.
U.S. Revolutionary War