[ Autographs ] William S. Johnson 1727-1819 American politician, a signer of the Constitution, member of the Congress of Confederation, Senator, and the first president of Columbia University. D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Fairfield Co., Ct., 1766, an A.D.S. of Revolutionary WarBrigadier General Gold Selleck Silliman instructing that Johnson be paid 16 pounds, five shillings as '...a Bill of Cost allowed on an Information Against Isaac Frasier for a Burglary...' per order of theSuperior Court, with Johnson acknowledging receipt of the funds by signing on verso. An interesting association. Fine condition.