WILSON, JAMES, 1741-1798, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (Pennsylvania). Autograph note signed ("James Wilson"), to an unidentified recipient ("Sir"), n.p., n.d. [1775-1777?]. 1 page, an oblong, 85 x 200mm. (3 1/4 x 7 15/16), browned, edges worn, written on the verso of a draft document. Wilson, a relatively rare Signer, who later became a speculator in western real estate, requests copies of certain resolutions of Congress: "The Resolutions entered into by Congress this morning, which I hope you have received by this Time, are not sent along with the printed Papers. I will be obliged to you for a copy of them..."

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WILSON, JAMES, 1741-1798, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (Pennsylvania). Autograph note signed ("James Wilson"), to an unidentified recipient ("Sir"), n.p., n.d. [1775-1777?]. 1 page, an oblong, 85 x 200mm. (3 1/4 x 7 15/16), browned, edges worn, written on the verso of a draft document. Wilson, a relatively rare Signer, who later became a speculator in western real estate, requests copies of certain resolutions of Congress: "The Resolutions entered into by Congress this morning, which I hope you have received by this Time, are not sent along with the printed Papers. I will be obliged to you for a copy of them..."

Wilson, an eminent attorney, was named one of the first associate justices of the Supreme Court in 1789.