Thomas Heyward, Jr. - Document Signed - South Carolina Declaration DOI Signer

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Thomas Heyward, Jr. - Document Signed - South Carolina Declaration DOI Signer:
$1500.00

THOMAS HEYWARD, JR.. Partly-printed document signed by “Tho. Heyward Jnr” as Circuit Judge in Charleston, SC on August 12, 1788. Heyward was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina who was taken prisoner by the British during the siege of Charleston and held for about a year. The document is a subpoena issued to a sheriff commanding him to “attach the Body of John Todd, wheresoever he may be found…to be and appear before the Justices of the said State…to answer to The State aforesaid of a Plea of Trespass on the Case and so forth to the Damage of the said State one hundred & forty Pounds Sterling”. The document is one page, measures 12.25 by 7.75 inches, and contains endorsements on the verso. The document is in fine condition with intersecting folds and a bit of brushing and feathering to ink in the signature. An almost identical Heyward item sold for $3,840 at the Forbes Sale at Christie\'s in May of 2006. The item has been authenticated by RR sale, the leading autograph sale house in the world.