Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 [Endorsement on promissory note of $5,000 from John Nicholson]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05724.01 Author/Creator: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 15 March 1798 Pagination: 2 p. ; x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy
Signed by Morris on verso and dated 15 March 1798. Original note signed by John Nicholson, Morris's business partner, on 15 March 1795 promising to pay Morris $5000 in three years. Endorsement on verso of original note dated 1 March 1797 signed by Johnston Humphreys, Notary of the Public certifying that this note was acknowledged by Nicholson and Morris to be genuine. This note bounced and led to Morris' imprisonment.
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