Beschreibung:

Lot includes: Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800). Major General and Quartermaster General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, President of the Continental Congress (1783-1784), delegate to the Constitutional Convention and signer of the US Constitution, and first Governor of Pennsylvania (1790-1799). Autographed receipt, July 27, 1787. Accompanied by a steel engraving. Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). Delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence; also a writer of satirical pamphlets which advocated American independence and a member of the committees which designed the US flag and Great Seal of the United States. Autographed receipt, Nov. 7, 1787. Rufus King (1755-1827). Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress, signer of US Constitution, US Senator from New York (1813-1825), Federalist candidate for President of the United States (1816), and US Minister to Great Britain (1825-1826). ALS, 1p, No. 18, 1807, n.p., regarding a shipment of butter. Accompanied by a steel engraving. Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795). New Hampshire delegate to the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Governor of New Hampshire (1790-1794). Autographed arrest warrant, 1.5pp, February 4, 1785, Rockingham Co., NH. Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814). Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts. Signed indictment, Sept. 18. 1780, Bristol Co., MA. Also a possible James Wilson (1742-1798) docketed document.