[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.] ROSS, George (1730-1779), Signer (Pennsylvania). Autograph document signed ("G. Ross") and also signed in text("George Ross"), 10 December 1756. 1 page, folio, inlaid, split at center crease. A legal pleading in the case of Johnson v. Smith, where Ross acted as counsel for the plaintiff, to collect the remaining £10 owed by Smith from a £23 bond. -- ROSS. Document signed ("Geo: Ross"), May Term 1752. 1 page, folio, mends to creases on verso. DEFENDING A WOMAN'S CAUSE AGAINST A HORSE KILLER A legal pleading in the case of Sarah Matteson v. Thomas Patton, to recover damages in connection with Patton killing Matteson's mare. The complaint accuses the defendant of "driving, chasing, beating & hounding the mare...the same mare of the price of twenty pounds did die and other harms to the said Sarah..." Ross's complaint seeks a total of £40 in damages. Together 2 items. (2)

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[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.] ROSS, George (1730-1779), Signer (Pennsylvania). Autograph document signed ("G. Ross") and also signed in text("George Ross"), 10 December 1756. 1 page, folio, inlaid, split at center crease. A legal pleading in the case of Johnson v. Smith, where Ross acted as counsel for the plaintiff, to collect the remaining £10 owed by Smith from a £23 bond. -- ROSS. Document signed ("Geo: Ross"), May Term 1752. 1 page, folio, mends to creases on verso. DEFENDING A WOMAN'S CAUSE AGAINST A HORSE KILLER A legal pleading in the case of Sarah Matteson v. Thomas Patton, to recover damages in connection with Patton killing Matteson's mare. The complaint accuses the defendant of "driving, chasing, beating & hounding the mare...the same mare of the price of twenty pounds did die and other harms to the said Sarah..." Ross's complaint seeks a total of £40 in damages. Together 2 items. (2)

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