Lawyer (1744-1802) from Charleston, South Carolina, who served in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1781, where he endorsed the Articles of Confederation; upon leaving the Congress, he became governor of South Carolina. LS signed “Jno. Mathews,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.25, May 1781. Letter to Susan Livingston, written from Philadelphia while serving in the Continental Congress. In part: "I have been very uneasy for some time past, by not having received a line from you in acknowledgment of my last…In your last to me, you generously say, Sister Kitty was mistaken in supposing you had been offended by any part of a former letter of mine. Therefore I can't reasonably conclude, this to be the cause, why you have not replyed to my last…The more I conjecture, the more I am bewildered." In fine condition, with seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf.
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