Young, Thomas

1 page plus integral address leaf (8 x 6 5/8 in.; 203 x 168 mm), Boston, 5 July 1774; formerly folded, some clean fold tears, seal tear, some spotting, portion of address leaf gone.

Elsie O. and Philip Sang (their sale in these rooms, 4 December, 1981, lot 1340)

formerly folded, some clean fold tears, seal tear, some spotting, portion of address leaf gone.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

A fine pre-Revolutionary letter referring to commerce in Tea.

Dr. Thomas Young (1731-1777), a prominent physician and patriot during the American Revolution, was a physician to John Adams. He writes to Timothy Bigelow (1739-1790) a fellow member of the Committee of Correspondence: "the bearer Mr. Thomas of Plymouth, is by the good Mr. Adams recommended to me as a True Whig, and travelling to Worcester, I can do no less than recommend him to your notice ... We hear that a subscription is really putting about among the Tories to pay for the Tea. This shews that all their expectations from other quarters fail. The Proclamation has confessedly ruined them. The nonconsumption agreement meets with no quarter from them: formidable, unavoidable and insuperable!"

"The Union of the Colonies is now indubitable, and the remotest, S. Carolina, manifests as much Spirit as Connecticut or any other. Portsmouth has done worthily, and amidst our severest trials we have abundant encouragement of a happy issue. Doctor Church promised me he would give your protestors a dressing; I presume he will yet perform it."