Jonathan D Sergeant, Jersey - Continental Congress 1776 - 77: 1779 DS
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Jonathan D Sergeant, New Jersey - Continental Congress 1776-77: 1779 DS FRAMABLE manuscript document dated 1779 Signed "Jonathan Sergeant" by Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant. Document is an indictment of John Young for theft of three shirts etc. Size 8” by 13“ on laid, rag-content paper; mildly age toned, tiny holes along folds, holes at intersection of folds, overall very good condition. from Wikipedia:Jonathan Dickinso...n Sergeant (1746 – October 8, 1793) was an American lawyer from Princeton, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777. He later served as Attorney General for the state of Pennsylvania.Sergeant was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1746, but moved with his parents to Princeton.From 1774 to 1776 he was a member of the revolutionary New Jersey Provincial Congress. In early 1776 he went as a delegate to the Continental Congress, but he resigned in June to return home and serve on the committee that drafted New Jersey's first constitution. In November he returned again to the national congress.In September 1777 he resigned from Congress a second time, this time to accept office as the attorney general of Pennsylvania. He permanently moved to Philadelphia and opened a law practice there on his return to private life in 1780.This is a genuine original, period piece, not a copy or reproduction
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