
FRANCIS LEWIS * PSA * Autograph Cut Signed * DECLARATION Independence Signer
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Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer FRANCIS LEWIS handwritten partial autograph document signed with full name as "Francis Lewis", dated from 1773 recording the receipt of the sum of "Thirty one Pounds" with additional handwritten words from Lewis above the signature.
Of note, Lewis' handwritten documents and autographs are relatively scarce and uncommon, making him one of the rarest and increasingly difficult signers to obtain.
Lewis was a founding member of the Sons of Liberty as well as a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a representative of New York in the Continental Congress. In the Continental Congress, Lewis was instructed not to vote for independence, but signed the Declaration anyway. The British retaliated by destroying his home and his wife died after being imprisoned. He soon abandoned politics.