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- Sale 5180
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Jul 25 | 7:00 AM EDT
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| Philadelphia
Sale 5180
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
Granville County (North Carolina), August 1, 1785. Single sheet, 4 3/4 x 9 in. (121 x 228 mm). Manuscript document, initialed by Signer of the Declaration of Independence from North Carolina, John Penn ("J.P. Atto."), endorsing a warrant for Aaron Springfield and Zachariah Hester to appear in court against George Bristow; counter-signed by clerk Reuben Searcy. Creasing from old folds, a few small tears along same. In mat and in frame, unexamined out of frame, 11 3/4 x 16 in. (298 x 406 mm).
John Penn (1741-1788) had a brief political career, and died at the age of only 47, making his autograph among one of the rarest of the Declaration's signers.
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