Nathaniel Gorham autograph document signed ("Nath Gorham Speaker") as Speaker of the House. One page, 7.5" x 10.25", "Commonwealth of Massachusetts"; June 25, 1781. Docketed. Nathaniel Gorham records a payment from the County of Suffolk while Speaker of the House. Document penned by Gorham and titled "In the House of Representatives". It records the acceptance of payment from an account in Suffolk County. It reads, in part: "...whereas upon examination of the Treasurers Accounts of the County Suffolk, it appears that all the monies granted & allowed by the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the said County from May 31st, 1780 to May 31st, 1781 for such Purposes and appropriations as the Law impowered the said Court to grant, therefore Resolved that the said Accts. be accepted and allowed..." Signed, "Nath Gorham Speaker". Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796) was a member of the provincial legislature of Massachusetts from 1771 to 1775, a delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1774 and 1775, and served in the Continental Congress in 1782-1783, 1786-1787, and 1789. When John Hancock's failing health prevented him from presiding over Congress, Gorham acted in his stead from May 15, 1786, until Hancock resigned on June 5, 1786. On June 6, 1786, Gorham was elected President of the United States in Congress Assembled, serving until November 5, 1786. He served as speaker of the lower house for several terms while he was a representative in the lower house of the Massachusetts legislature. Condition: Scattered ink smudging. Small thin strip of paper attachment along right edge of verso, presumably indicating prior mounting. HID03101062020 © 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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