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HEWES, Joseph (1730-1799). Signer, North Carolina. Manuscript document signed (“Joseph Hewes”), 14 June 1765. Counter-signed by five others. 1 page, 4to, ink burns through several words with some losses, repairs on verso.
Hewes affixes his signature to this legal document, a bond undertaken by George Erskine, John Gough, John Hodgson, and George Blair in the amount of £100, promising to appear to answer the trespassing charges against them of Hugh Wallace. Two of the names on the bond are crossed out. Hewes’s autograph is comparatively rare. Eighteen have appeared at auction in the past 40 years.
Hewes affixes his signature to this legal document, a bond undertaken by George Erskine, John Gough, John Hodgson, and George Blair in the amount of £100, promising to appear to answer the trespassing charges against them of Hugh Wallace. Two of the names on the bond are crossed out. Hewes’s autograph is comparatively rare. Eighteen have appeared at auction in the past 40 years.