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Abraham Clark Autograph Declaration Of IndependenceThis autograph was purchased from a decendent of abraham clark. It was foudn in a dorset vt home & is in excellent condition. tI has been framed. The frame measures 16 x 13. Abraham clark (february 15, 1725 â? September 15, 1794) was an american politician and revolutionary war figure. He was delegate for new jersey to the continental congress where he signed the declaration of independence and later served in the united states house of representatives in both the second and third united states congress, from march 4, 1791, until his death in 1794. Abraham was born in elizabethtown, new jersey. His father, thomas clark, realized that he had a natural grasp for math so he hired a tutor to teach clark surveying. Whiel working as a surveyor, he taught himself law and went into practice. He became quite popular and became known as the poor man's counciler as he offered to defend poor men when they couldn't afford a lawyerno paypal. |
