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John Blair Autograph Letter Signed

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD
John Blair Autograph Letter Signed
<B>John Blair Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> "<I>John Blair</B></I>" as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, one page, 7.5" x 9.5". Williamsburg, March 29, 1793. Unknown recipient. In full, "<I>I have this day drawn on you an order in favour of Galt & Barraud, physicians practicing here for 194 dols. 45 cents, payable to them, or order, out of my salary for the quarter ending this present month. I have also directed Mr. John Barnes, South Third Street, No. 19 - to send me some goods, of wch I know not the cost, but I wish you to pay him whatever his account may be above monies which I have left in his hands for that purpose. I have not yet any occasion for the residue of this quarter's salary, & therefore have no direction to give respecting it's appropriation - with sentiments of perfect esteem & respect.</B></I>" Docket on verso in unknown hand indicates the salary is "<I>due the 1st of April.</B></I>" John Blair, one of only four signers of the Constitution not to have served in Congress, was a member of the first Supreme Court from 1789 until he resigned in 1796. His annual salary was $3500, or $875 per quarter. There are folds and show-through from the docket on verso. Handwritten letters of Blair are scarce. Fine condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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