SAMUEL HUNTINGTON.  Samuel Huntington (1731–1796) was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut who served as the seventh President of the Continental Congress and 18th Governor of Connecticut.

PARTIAL AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED BY SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM CONNECTICUT

Partial autograph document signed by, “Samuel Huntington,” issuing a land exchange for a new public highway: “named Samuel Huntington, and Joshua Arnold do by these presents mutually Covenant & agree with each other that each of them…Shall have & hold respectively to them their heirs & assigns forever the above described lands exchanged & conveyed to them respectively in manner aforesaid according to the true Intent and meaning of the present.  In witness whereof they have mutually herewith Set their hands & seals this 16th day of February [178]9.”

COUNTERSIGNED BY BENJAMIN HUNTINGTON, SERVED AS A DELEGATE TO THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND A CONGRESSMAN TO THE FIRST U.S. CONGRESS

Countersigned by Benjamin Huntington (served as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress and a congressman to the First U.S. Congress) and Joshua Maples, contains one page with a wax seal and docketing on the verso, measures 8 by 6.5 inches, and in very good condition with toning, soiling, and paper loss near the bottom border professionally repaired with archival tissue.