Manuscript DS, signed “Tho. Mifflin,” one page, 7.75 x 6.25, December 20, 1790. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pay order issued to Treasurer Christopher Febiger, in part: "Pay to the Honorable Zebulon Potts—Esquire or order the sum of Forty three pounds four shillings being in full of his account for his attendance in Council from the 26th of October to the 21st of December." Signed prominently at the conclusion by Mifflin. Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition. The next day, on December 21, 1790, Mifflin became the last president of Pennsylvania and the first governor of the Commonwealth, holding the latter office until December 17, 1799. From the Collection of Dr. Lawrence E. Miller.
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