Livingston, Robert R. (1746–1813), and Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794) as Delegates to the Second Continental Congress, Manuscript document unsigned, Draft of “The Twelve Colonies by their Delegates in Congress to the Inhabitants of Great Britain” – July 1775 Philadelphia, PA July 1775. Opening words “FRIENDS, COUNTRYMEN & BRETHEREN,” Draft written by Livingston with edits by Lee of Virginia (1732–1794). 12 pages on 6 leaves folio (with writing on both sides of the paper), 31 x 24 ½ cm, on laid paper, watermarks “Georgius Rex,” a crowned shield surrounded by foliage and enclosed with a circle and “W”, with countermark “Pro Patria” comprising a figure of Britannia seated in profile on the right holding a pole-arm in her left hand and a garland across her lap in her right hand, enclosed in a wooden palisade with a crowned lion rampant facing left, brandishing a sword and holding arrows. Originally folded, with significant, but reparable separations, especially at fold intersections. The paper is lightly toned. The writing is very fine, with strong ink.

The Potter-Crouch-Jordan Family Chippendale Mahogany Tea Table

Signed by the Cabinetmaker Henry Cliffton, ( Henry…C…f..n) (working- 1748- 1771)
Carving Attributed to the “Spike” working in the Cliffton Shop.
Philadelphia, circa 1755-60

Provenance:
Major-General James Potter (1729-1789) and his wife, Elizabeth Cathcart (d. 1764) of Philadelphia, who married in circa 1755. After his wife’s death, he married Mary Patterson (1739-1791) in circa 1765 and they lived in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania;
Or
Colonel James Crouch (c. 1728-1794) and his wife Hannah (Brown) (1727-1787), who married on September 22, 1757, at Walnut Hill in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania;
To James and Hannah Crouch’s son, Edward Crouch (1764-1827), and James and Mary Potter’s daughter, Margaret (1775-1797), who had married and were living at Walnut Hill;
To their daughter Mary Crouch (1791-1846), who married Benjamin Franklin Jordan (1777-1861), at Walnut Hill;
To their son General Thomas Jefferson Jordan (1821-1895), who married Jane Wilson (1823-1898);
To their daughter Letitia Wilson Jordan (1853-1931), who married Leonard W. Bacon (1830-1907);
To their son David L. Bacon (1895-1982), who married Maria Tillman Hart (1895-1925);Thence by descent to present owners.