Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1740-1799) who served in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1782. ALS signed “Wm. Paca,” one page, 8 x 10.25, January 28, 1785. As governor of Maryland, Paca drafts a letter to Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia, in full: "I have the Honor to enclose to your Excellency certain resolutions of our General Assembly which hold to the Ideas of your Assembly on the very important objects of their Resolutions which were communicated some Time past by your Governor Harrison." Paca strikes through several words, and makes revisions between the lines. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to the fold ends, and several areas of thin paper.
This significant letter may be a precursor to the 1786 Annapolis Convention, when delegates from twelve states, realizing there were serious flaws in the Articles of Confederation, met to discuss holding a Constitutional Convention. Paca is a rare autograph, and this piece of correspondence associates two distinguished early American patriots.
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