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Printed document, completed by hand, wax seal affixed at left. Approximately 21x33 cm. (8¼x13").

A warrant to the Sheriffs of the state to hold one James Cook so that he appears before the court to answer charges in a case brought by one Adam Tunns(?). Signed by Jacob Read and signed as witness by Henry Pendleton. Read was a prisoner of the British at St. Augustine in 1780-81, served on the State Assembly in 1782, member of the Continental Congress, 1783-85, elected to the United States Senate and served from 1795-1801, etc. Pendleton entered the first regiment from the southern states (known as the Culpeper Minute Men) into the American Revolution, Pendleton, South Carolina is named for him. Provenance: The Otto Collection.