Title: Document Signed by Thomas Heyward, Jr., as judge, being a writ ordering the sheriff to bring two debtors to court Author: Heyward, Thomas, Jr., Signer from South Carolina Place: Charleston, South Carolina Publisher: Date: Dec. 12, 1786 Description: Partially printed document filled out in ink, with paper seal affixed. 20x32 cm (8x12½"), glued to backing, framed along with portrait under plexiglass. Overall 37x64 cm (14½x25¼"). Thomas Heyward, Jr. (1746-1809) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of South Carolina. During the Revolution, while in command of a militia force, he was taken prisoner by the British during the siege of Charleston. He continued to serve as a judge after the war, retiring from the bench in 1798. The present document directs the sheriffs of South Carolina to apprehend John Cannon and John Sommers of Charleston and bring them to court to answer charges that they owed £135, 18/6 "lawful money of Great Britain" to Benjamin Jones. Lot Amendments Condition: Some ink writing (docketing?) on the back of the document is bleeding through; very good. Item number: 252246
Title: Document Signed by Thomas Heyward, Jr., as judge, being a writ ordering the sheriff to bring two debtors to court Author: Heyward, Thomas, Jr., Signer from South Carolina Place: Charleston, South Carolina Publisher: Date: Dec. 12, 1786 Description: Partially printed document filled out in ink, with paper seal affixed. 20x32 cm (8x12½"), glued to backing, framed along with portrait under plexiglass. Overall 37x64 cm (14½x25¼"). Thomas Heyward, Jr. (1746-1809) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of South Carolina. During the Revolution, while in command of a militia force, he was taken prisoner by the British during the siege of Charleston. He continued to serve as a judge after the war, retiring from the bench in 1798. The present document directs the sheriffs of South Carolina to apprehend John Cannon and John Sommers of Charleston and bring them to court to answer charges that they owed £135, 18/6 "lawful money of Great Britain" to Benjamin Jones. Lot Amendments Condition: Some ink writing (docketing?) on the back of the document is bleeding through; very good. Item number: 252246
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