Cumberland County, (Pennsylvania), January 26, 1776. Single oblong sheet, 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (165 x 210 mm). Partially-printed legal summons, accomplished in a secretarial hand, endorsed on verso by Founding Father James Wilson ("Wilson"); witnessed by John Armstrong, and signed on recto by clerk of the quarter sessions and justice of the peace John Agnew; docketing on verso, signed on same by Cumberland County Sheriff Robert Semple. Creasing from old folds; wear along edges and folds; unevenly toned.

A 1776-dated Pennsylvania court summons, signed by Founding Father, legal scholar, and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and Federal Constitution for Pennsylvania, James Wilson (1742-98). Issued to Cumberland County Sheriff Robert Semple (1733-1808), directing him to detain Cumberland County farmer Richard Coulter, in order for the latter to appear before the Court of Common Pleas, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for a civil suit brought against him by a James Elder for "fifteen Pounds lawful Money".