Lot 54A: THOMSON, CHARLES

54A. CHARLES THOMSON A.D.S. 1p. legal folio, [Lower Merion, Penn.] July 27, 1796, a bill for the recovery of a stolen horse by one Jonathan Ratcliff (who signs the document with his mark). In part: "...The thief who stole my horse which I recovered by means of Felix Herbert of Princeton. To cash paid to Felix Herbert for his expenses and time & trouble in coming to give notice of his having stopt my horse...To a man & horse Dispatched to Philad[elphi]a. in Search of the horse...To advertising the horse...To expenses of my self & my son going to Princeton to claim & prove my horse & for the keeping of my horse from the time he was stopt. till I got him...". At bottom, Thomson certifies that "...the above signed Jonathan Ratcliff who lives on my farm had a horse stolen out of the pasture the night of the 7th this July...". Light foxing, irregular margins small pin holes at fold intersections, else very good condition. $200-300