-40%
Benjamin Franklin - RARE Document Signed - Issues Pay Warrant - Founding Father
Benjamin Franklin - RARE Document Signed - Issues Pay Warrant - Founding Father

Benjamin Franklin - RARE Document Signed - Issues Pay Warrant - Founding Father

$ 4620

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Signed by: Benjamin Franklin
  • Autograph Authentication: Guaranteed to pass PSA/DNA, JSA, or Beckett
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Signed: Yes
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Industry: Historical
  • Item must be returned within: 60 Days
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
    .  Manuscript document signed by, “B. Franklin, Presdt.,” as President of Pennsylvania issuing a pay warrant, “to Frederick Sneider, For his attendance as Door keeper to Council from the first until the twenty eighth day of February 1786 - 28 days - at 10pr - £ 14..0..0.”
    MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED BY FOUNDING FATHER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ISSUING A PAY WARRANT TO THE DOOR KEEPER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF PENNSYLVANIA
    The document is handwritten and countersigned twice by Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary James Trimble; contains one page with docketing on the verso; measures 7.5 by 4.75 inches; created in [Philadelphia]; in very good condition with toning and separations along the folds, very minor paper loss along the borders, and Franklin’s signature having been contemporaneously crossed out once payment was made to Sneider, and beautifully matted and framed with an 1877 steel engraving of Franklin under UV glass.