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U.S. CONGRESS, 1789-1791]. An extensive collection of letters, documents, etc., signed or written by 34 individuals including 6 signers of the Declaration of Independence and 30 members of the First United States Congress, 37 pieces, each in a folder, the whole enclosed in a blue cloth folding slipcase . CONTENTS CARROLL, CHARLES, Signer (Delaware) . Autograph endorsement signed, n.p., 6 December 1828 -- GERRY, ELBRIDGE, Signer (Massachusetts) . Autograph letter signed, Cambridge, 16 March 1795, refusing to grant a loan -- KING, RUFUS, Signer (New York) . Letter signed, London, 23 July 1801, discussing a debt and the building of a house -- LEE, RICHARD HENRY, Signer (Virginia) . Autograph letter signed, Philadelphia 17 January 1792 -- RUTLEDGE, EDWARD, Signer (South Carolina) . Document signed, Charleston, 24 May 1785 SHERMAN, ROGER, Signer (Connecticut) . Autograph document signed, Lichtfield, n.d., listing a "Bill of Cost against Christopher Cran..." -- RUTLEDGE, EDWARD, Signer (South Carolina) . Document signed, Charleston, 24 May 1785 AMES, FISHER. Autograph letter signed, n.p., n.d. -- ASHE, JOHN BAPTISTA. Autograph letter signed, Kingston, 11 March 1778 -- BENSON, EGBERT. Autograph letter signed, Poughkeepsie [ sic ], 26 November 1794 -- BOUDINOT, ELIAS. Document signed, n.p., 4 February 1767 -- BOURN, BENJAMIN. Autograph letter signed, Philadelphia, 20 May 1796 -- BROWN, JOHN. Autograph document signed, n.p., 1785, fine -- ELMER, JONATHAN, New Jersey. Autograph letter signed, Bridgeton, 26 November 1803 -- FEW, WILLIAM. Autograph letter, boldly signed with flourishes, n.p., 10 August 1809 -- FITZSIMMONS, THOMAS. Autograph letter signed, Philadelphia, 7 August 1805, regarding "a Certificate from the Custom House..." -- GOODHUE, BENJAMIN. Autograph letter signed, Salem, 12 April 1799 -- GRIFFIN, SAMUEL. Autograph letter signed, Schuylkill, 8 August 1802 -- HARTLEY, THOMAS. Autograph document signed, New York, 21 May 1787 -- LANGDON, JOHN. Autograph document signed, New York, 30 August 1804, stating he received "Twelve Dollars for Twelve Volumes..." -- LAURANCE, JOHN. Autograph letter signed, n.p., 26 December 1785 -- LIVERMORE, SAMUEL. Autograph document signed, Graften County, New Hampshire, 9 November 1807 -- MUHLENBERG, FREDERICK. Document signed, Philadelphia, 6 March 1781 -- MUHLENBERG, PETER. Document signed, Philadelphia, 10 April 1805 -- OTIS, SAMUEL, Secretary of the Senate . Autograph letter signed, Washington, D.C., 12 December 1801, regarding the payment of a debt -- PAGE, JOHN. Autograph letter signed, Richmond, 24 May 1804 -- SCHUREMAN, JAMES. Document signed, Middlesex, New Jersey, 1 April 1784 -- SCHUYLER, PHILIP. Autograph letter signed, New York, 26 May 1794 -- SEDGWICK, THEODORE. Autograph letter signed, Stirkbridge, 5 February 1792 -- STRONG, CALEB. Autograph letter signed, Boston, 11 October 1814, enclosing "Copies of Notes of The Senate and House of Representatives of [Massachusetts]..." -- SUMTER, THOMAS. Autograph letter signed, Statiburgh, 11 July 1808 -- THATCHER, GEORGE. Autograph letter signed, Philadelphia, 23 April 1792, fine -- TRUMBULL, JONATHAN. Document signed, New Haven, 10 December 1775, appointing Joseph Ellis "Lieutenant of the second Company... in the 20th Regiment in said Colony [Connecticut]..." -- VINING, JOHN, Delaware. Autograph document signed, n.p., n.d. -- WALKER, JOHN. Autograph letter signed, Belvoir, 26 July 1791 -- WINGATE, PAINE. Autograph document signed, Stratham, New Hampshire, 26 April 1784 -- WYNKOOP, HENRY. Document signed, ON PARCHMENT, Bucks County, 5 April 1787. (37)