Two items signed by the Supreme Court justices: a third-person ADS by Oliver Ellsworth on an off-white 7.5 x 1.75 slip, in part: "For value rec'd we jointly & severally promise to pay Oliver Ellsworth seven pounds…on demand with interest, March 19, 1787"; and an ALS signed "Joseph Story," one page, 8 x 8.75, August 11, 1836, to Ezekiel H. Derby, declining a dinner invitation, in part: "It would afford me the most sincere gratification to accept it, if I could; for I have passed few hours in a happier manner at any time than in your hospitable home." The Ellsworth document is matted with a portrait to an overall size of 11.5 x 11.5; the Story letter is matted with two images to 14 x 11. In overall fine condition.
