Manuscript contract signed, being an agreement between Carter and Angell for establishing a potash business
[Providence]: March 4, 1784. Folio (approx. 12" x 7"), 2 pages on integral leaves, approximately 40 lines, signed by both Carter and Angell, wax seals intact, the top of the first page scalloped, as usual; very good condition, or better, and quite handsome. John Carter was the famed Providence printer and publisher of the Providence Gazette, and the great-grandfather of John Carter Brown, founder of the library of that name at Brown University. Angell, a descendant of one of the original settlers in Providence, was a Continental Army officer in the American Revolution. "John and Israel have mutually agreed to erect and build, and have, at their joint and equal Expense, built works, upon the land of said Israel ... for the Business of making Pot-Ash, for their equal Profits and Advantage." Witnessed by James Marryott and Samuel Cole. Item #56425
Price: $1,250.00
