Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1746-1809) who was taken prisoner by the British during the siege of Charleston and held for about a year. Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho's Heyward Jun'r,” one page, 13 x 8, March 18, 1788. Order issued in South Carolina, ordering that planter Benjamin Tutt be compelled to "be and appear before the Justices of the said State, at the Court of Common Pleas…to answer to Robert William Powell, John Hopton and Samuel Brailsford…of a plea that he render to them the sum of Five Thousand five Hundred and Twenty Pounds." Boldly signed in the upper left by Heyward. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. In fine condition.
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