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1772 Colonial Currency JOHN MORTON + CHARLES HUMPHREYS Signed Pennsylvania Note

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1772 Colonial Currency JOHN MORTON + CHARLES HUMPHREYS Signed Pennsylvania Note
Famous Signers on Colonial Currency
1772 John Morton & Charles Humphreys

Signed Pennsylvania Note One Signed & The Other

Voted Against the Declaration of Independence!
JOHN MORTON (1725-1777). Signer of the Declaration of Independence from PA., Chaired the Committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation, Delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution providing the swing vote that allowed Pennsylvania to vote in favor of the United States Declaration of Independence. CHARLES HUMPHREYS voted against the Declaration of Independence.
April 3, 1772 Pennsylvania Colonial Currency, Two Shillings, Plate B. Signed by “John Morton” and “Cha(rles) Humphreys,” Very Fine. Fr. PA-156. This note is even in circulation without any major detractions seen having some conservation and sealed centerfold. The centering is above average with the signature by John Morton being particularly strong in rich brown ink. Overall, a pleasing note with an attractive set of historical signatures.
Charles Humphreys (September 19, 1714 – March 11, 1786) was a miller and statesman from Haverford, Pennsylvania. Humphreys served as a Delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1774-76. He voted Against the Declaration of Independence, since he believed it would inevitably escalate the Revolutionary War, and that conflicted with his Quaker beliefs. He withdrew from the Congress soon afterwards. Despite not taking part in the Revolutionary War, his sympathies were with the Patriotic cause and he criticized what he thought was British oppression.