BIB_ID
126493
Accession number
MA 554.50
Creator
Morton, John, approximately 1724-1777.
Display Date
1775 Sept. 21.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1892.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.6 x 28.4 cm
Notes
Morton signs as Speaker of the Assembly.
Part of a collection of autograph letters by the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; see collection-level record for MA 554.1-60 for more information.
Part of a collection of autograph letters by the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; see collection-level record for MA 554.1-60 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. in 1892.
Summary
Granting a Commission as "Lieutenant of a Company of Foot in the fourth Battalion of Associators in the City of Philad'a for the Protection of this Province, against all hostile Enterprizes, and for the defence of American Liberty."
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