Lot 5
Hewes, Joseph -- Very Rare Document Signed (1730-79) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from North Carolina. Hewes was appointed head of the Naval Committee in 1776 and gave his ships over to the use of the Continental Navy, thus serving as the first (untitled) Secretary of the Navy until his death. He was a Quaker and a Mason. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, he moved to North Carolina in 1760. Very rare manuscript document signed "Joseph Hewes," one page, 10¼ x 7½", Chowan County, North Carolina, June 14, 1765. Being a bond in the amount of $100, undertaken by George Erskine, John Gough, John Hodgson, and George Blair, by which they promise to appear at the next Superior Court of Justice for the District of Edenton to answer trespassing charges brought against them by Hugh Wallace. The accused men signed the bond in the presence of Hewes. The document is fragile with some tears and small areas of paper loss due to ink erosion, not affecting Hewes' bold signature and paraph at lower left. Estimate $7,000 - UP
Ex Christie's Sale 12436, 12/7/15, lot 109.
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