2020-07 2 sessions
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SMITH, James (1719-1806), was an Irish/American lawyer and a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania. He studied law at the office of his brother George and was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania, initially practicing near Shippensburg, and later near York. He became captain of the militia there. He was appointed to the provincial convention in Philadelphia in 1775, to the state constitutional convention in 1776, and was elected to the Continental Congress. He was reelected to Congress in 1785 but declined to attend because of his advanced age. Autograph Endorsement Signed "Smith Junr." on docketing of a legal statement from 1786. Very good condition.
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