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Jared Ingersoll signed this partly printed court document as Attorney General of Pennsylvania during the December Sessions of Lycoming County in 1815. Measuring approximately 8 x 6.75 in., the document is an indictment charging William Critchet with the theft of a five-dollar bank note belonging to Samuel Morrison. Ingersoll signs boldly at the lower right as “Atty. Genl.” The reverse bears contemporary docketing identifying the case as Commonwealth vs. William Critchet, Larceny.

Overall good to very good condition with expected horizontal and vertical fold lines, scattered age toning and foxing, edge wear with a few small losses and tears at the margins, and docketing to the reverse. An archival repair has been professionally made along one fold line on the verso. 

Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822) was a Founding Father, distinguished Philadelphia attorney, and one of Pennsylvania’s delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, where he signed the United States Constitution. A prominent Federalist, he served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania on two occasions and was the Federalist Party’s vice presidential nominee in the election of 1812, running alongside DeWitt Clinton against James Madison. Widely regarded as one of the nation’s foremost constitutional lawyers, Ingersoll argued numerous cases before the United States Supreme Court and played an important role in shaping the early American legal system. Signed documents from his tenure as Pennsylvania’s Attorney General represent his long career in public service following the founding era.

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Reference sku: 11695 1417055-1