36. HENRY LAURENS (1724 - 1792) American Revolutionary statesman and first President of the Continental Congress, captured by the British while attempting negotiations with the Dutch and later exchanged for Gen. Cornwallis. Manuscript D.S. (incomplete) one page (two sides), 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", Charleston, [1770], a portion of a deed for land "...being on Charles Town Neck". Toned, marginal loses, top margin reinforced. Signature clean and legible.  $800-1,000