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Autograph Letter Signed. Grace, Robert. (Philadelphia), July 29th, 1737. 1 p., sm. 4to, with conjugate leaf, on Rittenhouse Paper Mill paper. Generally clean & clear. To Jasper Yeates, relating to a shipment of rum from Barbados.
Robert Grace was a close friend of Benjamin Franklin; he was also one of the founders of The Library Company. The Company's earliest purchases were first taken to Grace's chambers. Jasper Yeates, member of the Lancaster Committee of Corespondence & The U.S. Constitutional Convention, Judge of The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1791-1817.