Lot 131
St. Clair, Arthur -- Warrant Signed by the Future President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1737-1818) Revolutionary War general; President of the United States in Congress Assembled (Feb. 2, 1787-Oct. 29, 1787) and first Governor of Northwest Territory (1788-1802). Partly-printed document signed "Ar. St. Clair" as a justice of the court in Pennsylvania, one page, 4¾ x 11½", Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 (1773). Ordering the Sheriff of Westmoreland County to obtain from " the goods and chattles, lands and tenements of Robert McCully late of Cumberland County Yeoman…Indian Trader in your Bailiwick…" the sum of seventy five pounds three shillings which Alexander Lowrey of Westmoreland recovered against McCully, as well as damages of two pounds eleven shillings & six pence, and to bring "those Monies before our Justices at Westmoreland at Our County Court of Common Pleas there to be held the first Tuesday in January next…." Toned, with tape repairs at folds on verso. Estimate Value $400 - UP
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