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SIGNER
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) MORRIS, LEWIS. Document Signed, receipt
for payment for having “attended the Council for the Temporary Government of the
Southern District as a Member nineteen Days,” written in the lower margin of a docu-
ment certifying his service, signed by the Council Secretary James M. Hughes. 5x8 inches;
backed, closed tear at right edge affecting text, edges reinforced, folds, bold signature.
Np, 12 May 1784
[350/500]
The Council for the Temporary Government of the Southern District assumed power in
November of 1783, when the last British authorities withdrew from New York, and it operated
until January of 1784, when the state legislature convened.
SIGNER
182
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) WILLIAMS, WILLIAM. Autograph
Document Signed, “Wm Williams Treas’r,” ordering Mr. David Lathrop to pay £5.16.6 to
John Clark. 4x7
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2
inches; ink cancellation through signature, minor scattered staining, folds,
docketing on verso.
Lebanon, 20 May 1782
[400/600]
Williams (1731-1811), signer from Connecticut, twice paid for expeditions of the Continental
Army out of his own pocket. He was a selectman, and, between 1752 and 1796, both town
clerk and town treasurer of Lebanon.
183
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Two items: Hugh Mercer. Clipped Signature *
Benjamin Lincoln. Document Signed, “BLincoln.” The first, removed from a printed doc-
ument and mounted to his portrait.
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2
x4 inches (signature), 8
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2
x5 inches overall; minor
scattered soiling, unevenly toned, printed “THE” between first and last name of signature,
extreme end of signature truncated. The second, ordering the Commissary General to pay
£4.2.6 to Edward Jones. 4
1
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4
x8 inches; minor staining at folds, docketing verso with minor
bleed-through, inlaid.
Np, nd; “Commonwealth of Massachussetts,” [circa 16 May 1787]
[250/350]
184
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BURR, AARON. Autograph Letter Signed, to Timothy Greene, with a Franking
Signature (“Free ABurr”) on address leaf, stating that Mr. Strong should have given him
the cash for the last assessment, promising to send Strong the notes, offering to purchase
Pierce’s share, and expecting to meet him in New York next week. 1 page, 4to, with inte-
gral address leaf addressed in his hand; docketing on terminal leaf affecting address. (AKF)
Philadelphia, 28 February 1795
[600/900]
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185
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CODY, WILLIAM F. (“BUFFALO BILL”). Signature and date, “W.F. Cody /
Buffalo Bill / 1883,” on a small card. 2x3
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2
inches; minor soiling at right edge.
Np, 1883
[400/600]
FAMOUS FORGERIES
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(FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.) JOSEPH COSEY. Two forgeries of Autograph
Documents Signed, “BFranklin,” each purporting to be a pay order to David Rittenhouse.
The first, £150 to James Hunter. The second, £20.10 to Silas Warren. Each bearing the
vertical John Nicholson endorsement characteristic of Cosey’s work. Each 1 page, oblong
4to. (AKF)
Philadelphia, 9 September; 4 October 1787
[600/900]