Sale 2483 - Revolutionary & Presidential Americana, June 21, 2018

135 c   JACKSON, ANDREW. Document Signed, as a witness on a penal bond between two men and an attorney named John Muir, against whom a suit has been brought. Additionally signed by Jackson’s business partner David Allison, also as witness. 1 page, oblong small 4to; marked scattered dampstaining (but still legible), remnants of prior mounting at two points verso, vertical folds (one through signature but without loss). Np, 1790s [600/900] “. . . [W]e William Dutton and Josiah Love are held and firmly bound unto John Muir in the penal sum of One Hundred Pounds. To be used on condition that the above bounden John Muir do well and truly with effect prosecute a suit by him this day commenced against the said John Muir otherwise pay and satisfy all costs and charges that may be awarded for failure. . . .”