| Title: | [Legal document] 1778 September 2 [to] Thomas Clark / Thomas McKean. |
| Personal Author: | McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817. |
| Date: | 1778 September 2. |
| Extent: | [1] leaf. |
| Dimensions: | 11 cm x 20 cm. |
| Abstract: | Clark has signed a document witnessing that Reuben Haines, a Brewer from Philadelphia, and Samuel Wetherill, Jr., a Clothier of the same city, will be held for 500 pounds each under the condition that they "appear and answer" charges of treason. The document seems to be addressed to Thomas Clark, merchant, who may have been the guarantor for the sum; the verso of the document identifies it as a "Recognizance," and it is marked as "67" which may indicate a series of such documents. The document was probably signed during the period in which McKean served as chief justice of Pennsylvania (1777-1799). A delegate to the Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a ratifier of the Constitution, McKean was active in the politics of the Early Republic in both Delaware and Pennsylvania-- where he served as governor from 1799-1808. |
| Personal Subject: | McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817.
Clark, Thomas
Wetherill, Samuel, Jr.
Haines, Reuben. |
| Subject: | Legal documents. |
| Geographical Subject: | Pennsylvania |
| Recipient: | Clark, Thomas. |
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