Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, signed "F. Hopkinson" and "Nich. Gilman," one page, 8 x 3.75, June 12, 1780. Desirable bill of exchange, in part: "At Thirty Days Sight of this Third Bill, First, Second, and Fourth not paid, pay to Elias Hasket Derby or Order, Thirty-six Dollars, in One Hundred and Eighty Livres Tournois, for Interest due on Money borrowed by the United States." Signed at the conclusion by Hopkinson as treasurer of loans and countersigned by Nicholas Gilman as commissioner of the Continental Loan-Office of New Hampshire. Inlaid into a scrapbook page. In fine condition, with some light creasing and soiling. Hopkinson signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey, while Gilman served in the Continental Army and signed the Constitution as a delegate from New Hampshire.
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