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JOHN MORTON

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JOHN MORTON

<b>40.</b> <b>JOHN MORTON</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1724-1777). American jurist; <b>Signer</b> of Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania; delegate to Stamp Act Congress in 1765; member of Continental Congress from 1774. DS, 1p, 8vo, Chester, PA, Feb 12, 1774. Recognizance in the case of the <i>King vs James Day</i> in which William Archer is summoned to appear at the “<i>next Court of General Quarter Sessions</i>” to testify against the defendant James Day “<i>to give Evidence on behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King...respecting his feloniously Stealing Taking & Carrying away sundry goods the property of the sd. William Archer</i>...” Boldly signed. Text darkly penned and clear. Light show-through of docket on verso; normal toning; else Fine example. Attractively matted beside print portrait and descriptive plaque. Contained under glass within ornate gilt frame. Overall 24"x20".

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