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 8.25, January 4, 1785. Order issued in South Carolina, ordering that Augustinus Buyck be compelled to "be and appear before the Justices of the said State, at the Court of Common Pleas…to answer to William Hart and Felix Warby…in a plea of debt that he render to them Five hundred and six pounds Sterling money of South Carolina." Signed by Heyward in the upper left by below the original white paper seal. Archivally mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 19.75 x 15. In very good to fine condition, with somewhat irregular overall toning.
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