Missing epistles

Could these be in your attic?

State officials say they are looking for hundreds of historically significant documents, including correspondence from Ben Franklin, George Washington, and John Hancock, that are missing from the state archives. They include:

An order from the king (with autograph and seal of George II) dated June 30, 1769. Subject: forbidding all acts authorizing lotteries without his consent.

A letter to Governor John Hancock from George Washington dated Nov. 10, 1780. Subject: the need for clothing for the army

A letter to speaker Thomas Cushing from Benjamin Franklin dated Feb. 15, 1774. Subject: Massachusetts petition to be heard before Parliament. The document was reported stolen in 1950.

A printed advertisement from Benjamin Franklin dated April 26, 1775. Subject: looking for wagoners to transport military stores for Braddock's Expedition

A letter to General Wooster from Benedict Arnold dated Dec. 31, 1775. Subject: attack on Quebec

A letter to James Otis from John Adams dated Nov. 23, 1775. Subject: the difference of opinion in the two Houses on the militia bill.

A letter to Lieutenant Governor William Dummer from Captain John Penhallow at Georgetown dated May 13, 1724. Subject: skirmish with Indians and three men lost

A letter to George Washington from General Philip Schuyler at Albany dated Jan. 13, 1776. Subject: communicating intelligence relative to the attack on Quebec

A certificate signed by the governor of Rhode Island, with the Rhode Island seal, dated Dec. 13, 1748.

Source: Mass. Secretary of State.