Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1739–1813) who served as the first president of the Philadelphia Bank. ALS signed “Geo. Clymer,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, June 9, 1784. Handwritten letter to John Montgomery, in part: “The description accompanying this is of a tract of land belonging to me in the Path Valley Cumberland County which I am inclined to sell — it formerly belonged to John Elliot it afterwards passed through the hands of Samuel Maclay…of whom I bought it. You will oblige me in learning its value…Your information on this subject under cover to Mr. Fitzsimons will reach me at Princeton.” The integral third page bears Clymer’s handwritten description of said land tract of “Two hundred and sixty five acres.” The letter is affixed by its back left edge to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with writing showing through from opposing sides.
John Montgomery (born 1722) was an Irish-American merchant from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and a delegate to the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania from 1782 until 1784. Montgomery was one of the founders of Dickinson College, serving as a trustee from 1783 until his death in 1808.
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