Partly-printed DS, signed “P'on Randolph" and "John Blair,” one page, 6 x 3, April 1, 1773. Promissory note from the James River Bank of Virginia, issued by Robert Carter Nicholas, the "Treasurer of the Colony and Dominion of (and Company Bankers in) Virginia," who promises "to pay to the Bearer on (demand) Twelve Pounds Current Money." Signed at the conclusion by both Randolph and Blair, and countersigned by Nicholas. In very good condition, with scattered staining and soiling, and show-through from ancient tape on the reverse. Randolph was a Virginian jurist who served as the first president of the Continental Congress (1721-1775). Blair was a founding Father and jurist (1732-1800) whose greatest contribution came as a judge on the Virginia court of appeals and on the U.S. Supreme Court, where he influenced the interpretation of the Constitution in a number of important decisions. Robert Carter Nicholas was an American lawyer and political figure (1728/9-1780) who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses, the General Assembly, and the Court of Appeals, the predecessor of the Supreme Court of Virginia. From the Collection of Dr. Lawrence E. Miller.
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