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| Title |
John Hart
Abraham Clark |
| Number |
38277 |
| Size |
7.5 x 5.5 |
| Date |
March 2, 1776 |
| Place |
n.p. |
| Category |
Signers of the Declaration |
| Price |
$29,000.00 |
An incredible rarity. Declaration signers Abraham Clark and John Hart sign an official Provincial Congress document in 1776. Ex- Sang collection.
This particular example is ex-Sang collection. Virtually no other items of this date signed by Hart have been sold at major public auctions in the last 25 years, only this and one other Clark 1776 document ever sold. The document reads in full, "This is to certify that Caleb Camp hath attented as a Deputy in Provintial [sic] Congress in New Jersey, sixty days in this and a siting at Trenton in October last for which he is intitiuled [sic] to receive eineteen [sic] pounds twelve shillings proclamation. " The document is signed "Abra Clark" and "John Hart." Clark writes out the date as well as signing his own name. A tiny gouge at the right margin affecting one word has been neatly strengthened on the verso. The certificate is addressed to either of the Treasurers of the Provincial Congress. On the verso, the docket is signed by Silas Condict, New Jersey member of the Continental Congress and by Jesse Hand, who states the certificate has been "examined and allowed". Beneath their docket is an ADS of Camp acknowledging receipt of the money.
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