Manuscript deed, folio, in ink on laid paper. Minor foxing to verso, light creasing from original folds. Handsomely framed in a double-sided wooden case for viewing both recto and verso.
An exceedingly rare and evocative manuscript by Jacob Shallus (1750–1796), the assistant clerk of the Pennsylvania Assembly who, in September 1787, was chosen to engross the final handwritten copy of the U.S. Constitution. Though unsigned and uncredited at the time, his role was later confirmed by a 1937 Library of Congress investigation, cementing his hand as the one that physically gave form to the nation’s most enduring document.
This land deed, penned entirely in Shallus’s distinctive script, offers a rare opportunity to own a direct artifact from a figure intimately tied to the physical creation of American constitutional democracy. Surviving documents in Shallus’s hand are exceptionally scarce, with most held in institutional archives. A compelling link between the legal mechanisms of the early republic and one of its most iconic moments.
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Preserved beautifully in a brown wooden frame with viewing ability on both sides, showcasing the front and back of the deed.
