71.(INCREASE SUMNER) (1746 - 1799) American jurist and three-term Governor of Massachusetts. Manuscript D.S. "William Dennison Adjt. General" 1p. folio, Boston, June 7, 1799, being the general orders arranging the funeral procession for Increase Sumner. The manuscript was to be sent to a printer for the production of a broadside and reads, in part: "His Excellency Increase Sumner Esqr. late Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts having this Day deceased His Honour Moses Gill Esquire Lieutenant Governor...orders that Military honours be paid the deceased in Roxbury on Wednesday next at One oClock P.M..." . Sumner continues describing the order of march for the various military companies involved in the planned procession adding that "Military Officers...are invited to attend the Funeral in Uniform & all the Military are requested to ware a black Ribbon on the left arm...". Toned dampstains, some losses at folds and margins, else good condition. $150-200