1804 READING PA Bill to DANIEL CLYMER for Goods & Labor Signed by Clymer on back

Description

1 folio pg. manuscript document, approx. 8" x 13", an itemized bill of goods and labor provided by Peter Goodman to Daniel Clymer (of Reading, Berks Co., PA.) from 1801 through 1804.
DANIEL C. CLYMER
, (1748-1810), was born in Philadelphia, and when his father died when Daniel was 12, he was educated under the care of his uncle, Founding Father, Gen. Daniel Roberdeau;
Graduated from Princeton College in 1766,
studied law and became eminent in his profession; At the beginning of the
Revolutionary War
, he at once joined the Associators of Philadelphia and was commissioned a
Lt. Col.
and placed in command of a rifle battalion; In 1775 and again in 1776, he was
appointed by the Continental Congress as a signer of Bills of Credit, also known as Continental Currency Notes, and held the office of Deputy Commissary General of Prisoners and Commissioner of Claims of the Treasury.
During the closing years of the Revolution, he moved to Reading, Berks Co., Pa., and represented the County in the
State Legislature in 1782
and several succeeding terms. Died in Reading at age 61, in 1810.
Docketing in Daniel Clymer's hand, on the back, which includes: "Peter Goodman Senr's Acct. against Daniel Clymer", and therefore an autograph of Clymer
.
The bill is for various quantities of fabric, seed, as well as labor done for Clymer on his farm, such as "mowing and making the hay", and ploughing, and
also
includes a charge for "a Spade broke by your Black man"
.
Fine.
COMBINED SHIPPING FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS.
[JD-43]
NO SHIPPING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.