[Americana] [Declaration of Independence] Clark, Abraham, and John Hart Group of 2 Documents, signed

Clark, Abraham
Autograph document, signed.
Essex County (New Jersey), March 3, 1784. One oblong sheet, 2 x 6 3/4 in. (51 x 171 mm). Lower portion of an autograph document, signed twice by Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey, Abraham Clark, as High Sheriff of Essex County; likely cut from a larger legal document; counter-signed by Daniel Marsh. Lightly foxed. In mat with portrait of Clark, and in frame, 15 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (394 x 546 mm).

Together with:

Hart, John
Signed Currency
(Burlington, New Jersey: Isaac Collins), March 25, 1776. Engraved New Jersey colonial currency for fifteen shillings (No. 3245), signed by Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey, John Hart, as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly; printed in red and black; counter-signed by Jonathan Deare and John Stevens, Jr. Signatures slightly faded. 2 x 3 5/8 in. (51 x 92 mm). In same mat and frame as above, with a portrait of Hart. Newman, p. 253

Two documents signed by two of the five signers of the Declaration, from New Jersey.

Provenance

From the autograph collection of B. Harold Smick, Jr. (1925-2022) of Salem, New Jersey