Lot 1190
Clymer, George (1739-1813), Pennsylvania signer of the Declaration of Independence, one of only six men to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; merchant. ALS, "GC", 2pp, 4to, Charleston, S.C., April 29, 1796; with integral address leaf addressed to his son Henry Clymer and bearing a neat "Charleston, April 29" straightline postmark with manuscript "25" rate; in part, Clymer relates a harrowing sea voyage, "I will just inform you that your mother bore the voyage worse than I had expected — …her complaints were greatly aggravated by the tediousness of the passage, the violent rolling of the vessel, the effect of dead colors and head seas, having had scarcely anything else. These God knows were enough for one weakly frame — but the dreadful clattering of a pump set close by her peventing sleep, must come an in addition to these evils…" Signed "GC" at bottom of second page, Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
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