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HOOPER, WILLIAM

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
HOOPER, WILLIAM
<b>3. WILLIAM HOOPER </b>(1742 - 1790) American Revolutionary leader, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of the Continental Congress (1774-77). Rare A.D.S. <i>"Wm Hooper Atty</i>" 1p. legal folio, Salisbury, North Carolina, Mar. 15, 1768, a legal judgement concerning the case of King v. Thomas Bailey, in part: "<i>...The Jurors of our Sovereign Lord the King upon their Oath Present that Thomas Bailey...on the ninth day of March...did make in and upon one Benjamin Hide...the thing there and then being and Him the said Benjamin Hide then and there did beat wound and ill treat...that his Life was greatly despaired of...</i>". Folds, slight staining, overall very good condition, boldly written and clear.<b> $3,000-4,000</b>