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HEYWARD, Thomas, Jr. (1746-1809), Signer (South Carolina). Partly printed document accomplished and signed ("Thos. Heyward Junr.") as Associate Justice of the Peace, Charleston, 4 July 1786. 1 page, oblong 4to, papered seal at top left, accomplished in manuscript, boldly signed in the left-hand margin. In fine, untrimmed condition.
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HEYWARD, Thomas, Jr. (1746-1809), Signer (South Carolina). Partly printed document accomplished and signed ("Thos. Heyward Junr.") as Associate Justice of the Peace, Charleston, 4 July 1786. 1 page, oblong 4to, papered seal at top left, accomplished in manuscript, boldly signed in the left-hand margin. In fine, untrimmed condition.
DATED JULY 4, TEN YEARS AFTER THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. A warrant by which Heyward directs the sheriff to compel the appearance of Samuel Cooper in a plea of trespass brought by one John Hamilton, claiming damages amounting to 60 pounds sterling. The verso with several endorsements; in one, Sheriff William Withers reports that he was not able to serve the summons on Cooper and so left a copy at "at his house." Heyward served in the second and third Continental Congress and signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Named a circuit court judge, he was captured by the British in the siege of Charleston; released in 1781, he resumed his judicial post.
DATED JULY 4, TEN YEARS AFTER THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. A warrant by which Heyward directs the sheriff to compel the appearance of Samuel Cooper in a plea of trespass brought by one John Hamilton, claiming damages amounting to 60 pounds sterling. The verso with several endorsements; in one, Sheriff William Withers reports that he was not able to serve the summons on Cooper and so left a copy at "at his house." Heyward served in the second and third Continental Congress and signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Named a circuit court judge, he was captured by the British in the siege of Charleston; released in 1781, he resumed his judicial post.