FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, Signer (Pennsylvania). Autograph document signed ("B Franklin Presidt." with flourishes), [Philadelphia], 19 December 1786. 1 page, oblong 8vo, 89 x 182mm. (3 3/4 x 7 in.), slightly cropped at top and bottom (shaving a few letters), the sheet neatly backed. With a large, clear signature. Franklin, President of the Philadephia Council, authorizes an appointment: "Let a Commission issue agreable to the Prayer of the within Petition, directed to Edward Shippen, Matthew Clarkson, Matthew Mease, George Hughes and Peter Boynton... or any four or three of them to the Secretary of the Council..."