Lot 10
Penn, John -- 1774 Endorsement on an Arrest Warrant (1741-88) Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, from North Carolina. Endorsement "J. Penn" on the verso of a manuscript legal document, 6¼ x 7½", Granville County, North Carolina, May 4, 1774. An arrest warrant, in the name of George the Third, ordering the sheriff of Granville County to "take the body of Robert Robertson Labourer if he be found in your bailiwick and him safely keep so that you have him before the Justices of our Inferior Court of pleas and quarter sessions…there to answer William Short of a Plea that he render to him the sum of Eleven Pounds ten Shillings Virginia Money…which to him he owes…." Signed by Ruben Searcy, Clerk of the Court. The sheriff, John Pope, signs on the verso that the warrant was executed, and John Penn signs at the lower edge. Very good condition; repairs to vertical folds, dampstaining along top edge and overall toning. Penn was from Virginia, where he became a lawyer in 1762. In 1774, he moved to the Williamsborough, North Carolina area. He served in the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1780. In 1780-81, he was the most powerful member of North Carolina's Board of War and, as such, controlled the state at the time Cornwallis invaded. Penn was responsible for supplying Continental forces under General Nathanael Green, as well as Francis Marion's guerrilla fighters. Estimate $2,500 - 3,000
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