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

$ 4620

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

    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.