MORTON JOHN Partly printed Document Signed as Speaker of the

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SIGNER FROM PENNSYLVANIA MORTON, JOHN. Partly-printed Document Signed, as Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly, appointing Edward Bird as Lieutenant Colonel of the First Battalion of Associators for Berks County. 1 page, oblong folio; moderate foxing, edge wear, and short closed separations at folds. Np, 28 July 1776

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Signed five days before Morton signed the Declaration of Independence. Morton had initially opposed independence and had abstained from the final vote. Provenance: William D. Morley sale, 28 April 1944, lot 249.