BIB_ID
425775
Accession number
MA 23017
Display Date
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1758 April 15.
Credit line
Purchased, 1977.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 75 x 55 cm
Notes
Timothy Matlack was an American politician, soldier, and brewer. Among other roles he held during the Revolutionary War period and afterwards, he served on the committees that drafted the Pennsylvania state constitution and he was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1780. He was also appointed clerk to the secretary of the Second Continental Congress, Charles Thomson, in May 1775, and in that capacity he may have copied out the Declaration of Independence on parchment for its eventual signing. This indenture appears to be in his hand.
The John Bartram who has signed the indenture may be the early American botanist John Bartram (1699-1777).
Additional information available in the Collection File.
The John Bartram who has signed the indenture may be the early American botanist John Bartram (1699-1777).
Additional information available in the Collection File.
Provenance
Purchased from the dealer The Americanist (cat 101:92), 1977 December 27.
Summary
Consisting of an agreement between Morgan and Matlack to become "Copartners and Traders together in Merchandizing" for a seven-year term. On the verso is an agreement dated November 29, 1759 cancelling the partnership. The main agreement is signed by Morgan, Matlack, John Bartram, and Mary Yarnall. The cancellation of the agreement is signed by Matlack, Martha Matlack, and Reuben Haines.
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