Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1746-1809) who was taken prisoner by the British during the siege of Charleston and held for about a year. Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho's Heyward Jun'r,” one page, 12.75 x 7.75, June 14, 1788. Order issued in South Carolina, ordering that Richard Wainwright be compelled to "be and appear before the Justices of the said State, at the Court of Common Pleas…to answer to William Hasell Gibbes…in a plea that he render to him Nine Hundred & fifty two Pounds & Eleven pence half penny Sterling which to him he owes." Boldly signed in the upper left by Heyward. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. In fine condition, with complete archival silking to both sides. Accompanied by the original receipt from Walter R. Benjamin Autographs.
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