Smith, James (1719-1806) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania. Autograph Document Signed ("Jas Smith"), one page, 2¾ x 7½ in., n.p., May 1, 1790. A rent receipt for three pounds five shillings, received of Eliza Rankin, executor of John Rankin Esqr., by the hands of Jasper Yeates. Fine; show-through from small stains on docket, affecting nothing.
Smith was elected to the Second Continental Congress on July 20, 1776 to replace a Pennsylvania delegate who did not want independence. Too late to vote for independence, Smith was nevertheless present on August 2nd for the formal signing of the Declaration of Independence, along with 49 of the other delegates. Smith is scarce.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
Purchased from Earl Moore Associates, Inc. in 1984. Mr. Moore bought it in 1981 from Charles Hamilton.
Signers of The Declaration of Independence
