Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

SIGNER 5 c   (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) RUTLEDGE, EDWARD. Two Signatures, “Edward Rutledge / P[laintif]fs Att[orne]y” and “Rutledge,” on a partly-printed Docu- ment Signed by William Henry Drayton, “WmH. Drayton,” as SC Supreme Court Chief Justice, a writ ordering the sheriff to bring to the Court of Common Pleas John Stevens to answer to “IsaacWeatherley . . . in a Plea wherefore . . . the said John unlawfully broke and entered the . . . Plantation of the said Isaac . . . and did . . . cut down & spoil the Timber & Trees . . . .” Countersigned by Rutledge at lower right and additionally signed in docketing verso. 7 3 / 4 x12 inches; faint scattered staining, vertical folds, paper seal intact. Charleston [SC], 12 February 1777 [400/600] 5 6 6 c   (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) SWIFT, HEMAN. Autograph Document Signed, “attest. H:Swift Col,” note written on behalf of George McKinsey of the 5th Connecticut Regiment, to the Committee of Pay Table Hartford, requesting the pay due for McKinsey’s service during 1780 and 1781. Additionally signed by George McKinsey. 1 page, 4 1 / 2 x8 inches; faint foxing at folds. “Camp Highland” [NY], 14 February 1783 [400/600]