Member of the notable Lee family and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1732–1794). Third-person ADS, signed within the text, “Richard Henry Lee,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 4.25, May 24, 1764. Third-person autograph partial legal document, in part: “Jeffries shall not make waste of any timber but what shall be necessary to build or repair houses of for other necessary uses on the hereby demised premisses.” The document goes on to authorize George, Sarah, and Alexander Jeffries to “plant and keep under a sufficient fence one hundred apple trees and also build a dwelling house sixteen feet square and a tobacco house twenty four feet long…The said George Jeffries doth hereby promise, covenant and agree to and with the said Richard Henry Lee.” In very good condition, with splits to folds, chipping to edges, and an unobtrusive short tear repaired on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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