1788 South Carolina Document Signed THOMAS HEYWARD + CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY

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  Thomas Heyward & Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Signed South Carolina Document Signers of The Declaration of Independence & Articles of Confederation
  CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY (1746-1825). Signer of the United States Constitution for South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, twice nominated by the Federalist Party as its Presidential Candidate in 1804 and 1808.
  THOMAS HEYWARD (1746-1809). Declaration of Independence Signer and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of South Carolina.
  July 1, 1788-Dated Federal Period, Partly-Printed Document Signed, "Th Heyward Jr", as Witness and Judge, at left under the affixed seal; Also fully Signed, "Charles Cotesworth Pinckney" on the verso as one of the surviving executers, at Charleston, South Carolina, Choice Extremely Fine.
  This Document measures 7.5" x 12.25", 1 page, being a scarce official legal summons to the Sheriffs of "THE STATE of SOUTH-CAROLINA" for parties to appear before the Justice of the State to review a "last Will and Testament of Thomas Ferguson deceased." Also noted (not signed) as an executor of the estate is "Thomas Pinckney" (1750-1828) an early American Statesman from South Carolina, a Diplomat and Veteran Officer of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, achieving the rank of Major General who later served as Governor of South Carolina (1787-1789), U.S. Minister to Great Britain under President George Washington, and as a United States Representative. Beautifully printed on fresh, clean high quality watermarked laid period paper with sharp deep rich brown manuscript portions and signatures.
  The embossed "Justice" vignette wax and paper Seal is sharp and fully intact at the upper left, having a huge signature "Th Heyward Jr" measuring 3.25" long just below. Individually, each of these historic Signers signatures are quite scarce, and to find them together upon the same Document is very rare indeed.
  Thomas Heyward Jr. (July 28, 1746 - March 6, 1809) was a Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of South Carolina. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1775 and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Heyward returned to South Carolina in 1778 to serve as a judge.
  In command of a Revolutionary War South Carolina militia force, he was taken prisoner by the British during the Siege of Charleston. He continued to serve as a judge after the war, retiring from the bench in 1798. He is buried at Old House Plantation near Ridgeland, Jasper County, South Carolina.
  Charles Cotesworth "C. C." Pinckney (February 25, 1746 - August 16, 1825) was a Signer of the United States Constitution as a Representative of South Carolina, a Revolutionary War Veteran, and Delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he Signed the United States Constitution for South Carolina.
  Pinckney was Twice Nominated by the Federalist Party as its Presidential Candidate in 1804 and 1808, losing both elections. With the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, Pinckney returned to his legal practice, becoming one of the most acclaimed attorneys in South Carolina.
  He also returned to the lower house of the South Carolina legislature, and he and his brother, Thomas, became major political powers in the State. He became an advocate of the landed elite of the South Carolina Lowcountry, who dominated the state's government during this period. Though close friends with fellow legislator Edward Rutledge, Pinckney opposed the latter's attempts to end the importation of slaves, arguing that South Carolina's economy required the continual infusion of new slaves. Pinckney also took the lead in negotiating the end to a border dispute with the state of Georgia, and he signed the Convention of Beaufort, which temporarily solved some of the disputes. Pinckney advocated for a strong national government (albeit one with a system of checks and balances) to replace the weak one of the time. He opposed as impractical the election of representatives by popular vote. He also opposed paying senators, who, he thought, should be men of independent wealth. Pinckney played a key role in requiring treaties to be ratified by the Senate and in the compromise that resulted in the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. He also opposed placing a limitation on the size of a federal standing army. Pinckney played a prominent role in securing the ratification of the Federal constitution in the South Carolina convention of 1788, and in framing the South Carolina Constitution in the convention of 1790. At the ratification convention, Pinckney distinguished three types of government and said republics were where "the people at large, either collectively or by representation, form the legislature". After this, he announced his retirement from politics.
  
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