3 pieces.
Autograph Material - Colonial American Officials: Stoughton, William. Document Signed. N.p., Oct. 18, 1676. 1p, 4to, laid into slightly larger late 19th-century 4to sheet. Affidavit relating to the confinement of an Indian. Several small holes outside of text. Signature dark. * Markham, William. Document Signed. [Philadelphia], 1696. 1p, folio, with conjugate leaf; wax seal; wear & several small tears along old folds - loss of a few letters. Signature dark. Body of document in the hand of Patrick Robinson, who coutersigned. * Bernard, [sir] Fra(ncis). Partly printed document filled-in in ms. signed. Boston, Feb. 20, 1765. 4to, light creasing along old folds, minor spotting. Military officers pay order.
Stoughton, William (1631-1701); chief justice court of Oyer during Salem Witchcraft Trials, acting governor of Mass.
Markham, William (1635-1704); deputy Governor of Pa.
Bernard, Sir Francis (1712-1779); colonial governor of New Jersey & Massachusetts.