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Rare document signed by Thomas Jefferson from during the Revolutionary War...
Rare document signed by Thomas Jefferson from during the Revolutionary War...
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February 19, 1780
THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, Philadelphia, Feb. 19, 1780
* Thomas Jefferson as 2nd Governor of Virginia
* American Revolutionary War original
Most of the front page first column is an Act from the Penna. legislature prefaced with a paragraph by the Clerk of the General Assembly, none other than: Thomas Paine.
Page 2 contains a rare item, being: "A Proclamation" by the "governor or Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia" by Thomas Jefferson, signed by him in type with his name in rather large letters at the head of the document as well. Page 2 has another report from the Penna. General Assembly which is signed in type by the Clerk: Thomas Paine. Page 3 contains an edict from Louis XVI for the abolition of slavery, as well as an article: "On the Use & Abuse of Wine".
The entire back page is taken up with ads.
Four pages, wide, untrimmed margins, very handsome & displayable masthead, great condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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