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1772 Pennsylvania Note Signed JOHN MORTON + CHARLES HUMPHREYS

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1772 Pennsylvania Note Signed JOHN MORTON + CHARLES HUMPHREYS
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, 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.
Pennsylvania Colonial Currency Note. April 3, 1772 issue. One Shilling. Plate A. Signed by “John Morton” and “Cha(rles) Humphreys”, Choice Very Fine. Fr. PA-154. This lightly circulated note is well centered both face and back having a pleasing appearance for its grade. There is some conservation to the centerfold area, the signatures of “John Morton” and “Cha Humphreys” being in medium brown ink. A note having strong signatures and overall nice eye appeal that helps highlight these two historical American Patriots.
Charles Humphreys (1714-1786) 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.