JOSIAH BARTLETT(1729 - 1795) Signer of the Declaration of Independence, physician and Revolutionary War officer. Bartlett was also the first "President" and Governor of New Hampshire. Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 12mo., Kingston, [R.I.], Nov. 29, 1774, an order to constable Jacob Ebster to "pay unto Benoni Eaton three pound[s] seven shillings...". Endorsed by Eaton on the verso, Dec. 4, 1774. Some toning at vertical folds, else very good.