Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1726-1794). Scarce ADS, signed “Abra: Clark,” one page, 7.5 x 7.5, February 5, 1790. While serving on the town committee of his hometown of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, Clark pens an agreement regarding a land dispute. In part: “At a meeting of the Eliz. Town Committee it is agreed that Saml. Potter & Stephen Crane Esquires are to pay the Committee for the…Town in defending their Right Against the General Proprietor, the Sum of One hundred pounds, in consideration whereof the said Committee are to give them a Town Deed for the Land which they formerly sold…Containing Two hundred & Eighty Acres.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Abraham Clark, and also by fellow committee members William Harriman, James Wade, Samuel Potter, and Stephen Crane. In very good to fine condition, with scattered foxing and staining. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder.
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