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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey and delegate to the Continental Congress (1730–1781). ADS, signed “Rich. Stockton Att'y,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 11.75, April 1764. Legal document penned by Stockton in connection with a case before the Middlesex County Court of Common Pleas, in part: "Jacob Covenhoven was attached to answer unto Michael Tarr in a Plea of trespass on the Case &c And whereupon the s'd Michael by Richard Stockton his attorney complains that whereas the s'd Jacod…was indebted to the s'd Michael in the sum of thirty nine Pounds ten Shillings & seven Pence proclamation Money of New Jersey as well for work, labour & services." Signed at the conclusion in ink by Stockton. In good to very good condition, with trimmed edges (affecting some of the text at the bottom of the document), tears and paper loss, and several old repairs to fold separations, none of which affect the signature. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. In his 1995 reference History Comes to Life, Kenneth Rendell places Stockton's autograph material into the 'very rare' category among the Signers—an echelon second only to that occupied by the virtually unobtainable Gwinnett and Lynch.
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