[ Autographs ] WILLIAM PEPPERRELL (1696 - 1759) American general who commanded forces against the French at Cape Breton and in the French and Indian war. He was also the first American ever knighted. A.N.S. "Wm Pepperrell" 1p. oblong 12mo., Kittery, Nov. 8, 1758, to Hunking Wentworth, Esq., asking him to deliver "...what you have received fromme of your Bills of Credit please to deliver to Capt. Wm. Morre...". Folds, else boldly written and good.