Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1740–1799). Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Paca,” one page, 16 x 11.5, December 7, 1782. Governor Paca grants six acres of land in Dorchester County, Maryland to John Darby. Signed in the left border by Paca and countersigned by John Rogers. Small separations, areas of paper loss, and archival tape repairs to folds, and scattered toning and soiling, otherwise very good condition. In his 1995 reference History Comes to Life, Kenneth Rendell places Paca’s autograph material into the ‘rare’ category among the Signers. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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