Signer of the Declaration of Independence and member of the Virginia delegation to the Continental Congress (1738–1789). Revolutionary War–dated third-person ADS, signed within the text, “Colo’l Nelson,” one page, 8 x 6.75, September 21, 1776. Receipt for boarding horses, in part: “Colo’l Nelson To Jacob Hitzheimer. To Keeping 5 Horses from the 9th of Aug’t to the above date is 43 days @ 2/4 each…To Keeping your Brothers 2 Horses from 10th to the 21st Sept’r is 11 days @ ditto—£27.13.” In very good to fine condition, with light staining to the right edge and two small archival tape repairs on the reverse. Though the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th, it was not officially signed until August 2nd—this document therefore refers to a date exactly one week after Nelson’s signing of the historic document. Nelson’s autograph is among the rarest of all Declaration signers, and examples written so closely in date to the signing of the Declaration are hardly ever encountered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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