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1815 US Treasury Department Document Signed William Grafton Delaney Worthington:
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1815 US Treasury Department Document Signed William Grafton Delaney Worthington 1815 US Treasury Department Document Signed William Grafton Delaney Worthington Description Excellent quality original document. Fresh from the estate of a Colonial and Revolutionary War historian and author, this is one of many 17th, 18th, 19th, & early 20th century items that I am offering from the collection. Clipped from a franked envelope, this document measures about 4\" x 2.25\" and is signed by William Grafton Delaney Worthington. Very rare. In all of my research, I have not been able to find another example of his signature for sale anywhere. He is listed on wikipedia, here is some info I found:
Hon. William Grafton Delaney Worthington IV (1785–1856) was an American lawyer, judge and state Governor, and Secretary of the Territory of East Florida.
William was born in 1785, the son of William Worthington (1747–1820) and Sarah Contee (1761–1825). His siblings included: Thomas Contee Worthington (1782–1847), a U.S. Representative from Maryland, Sarah Matilda Worthington (1790–1854) and Walter Brooke Cox Worthington (1795–1845), a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.
His maternal grandparents were Sarah Fendall (1732–1793) and Thomas Contee (1729–1793), himself the grandson of Thomas Brooke, Jr. (1660–1730). Through his maternal grandfather\'s sister, Jane Contee (1726–1812), who was married to John Hanson (1721–1783), a delegate to the Continental Congress who signed the Articles of Confederation and served as the 9th President of the Continental Congress, he was related to Alexander Contee Hanson (1786–1819), also a U.S. Representative, and later, U.S. Senator from Maryland.
Worthington was taken by his parents while very young to their home near Nottingham, when they removed to Prince George\'s County, Maryland. He was a student at St. John\'s College in Annapolis, and from there went to Baltimore in 1804, where he read law.
Worthington was admitted to practice before the courts of Baltimore when he was twenty-one. His ability, legal knowledge, and eloquence rapidly brought him into prominence. In 1807 he received the appointment as adjutant on the Governor\'s staff. In 1809 he was nominated and elected by a large majority to represent Baltimore City in the Legislature.
After his marriage to Eliza, he inherited a landed estate from his grandfather, Col. Thomas Contee, and removed to Prince George\'s County. For a number of years he resided in Nottingham, and devoted himself to agriculture. However, this life was not stirring enough for his active mind, and in 1813 he was elected State Senator, for Prince George\'s County.
In 1815, Worthington was appointed Comptroller of the United States Treasury, to fill an existing vacancy, and for the next two years resided in Georgetown, D.C. In 1817 President James Madison appointed him a special representative of this Government, to Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, and Peru. Worthington was also sent as special envoy to Venezuela, being the first U.S. representative to that country. His commission was signed by James Monroe, Secretary of State. In a speech made some thirty years later, Worthington referred to this journey which was made through South America, principally on horseback. He said \"I trod the sun-burnt Pampas, and climbed the snow clad peaks of the Andes\". In 1821, President James Monroe appointed him as the 1st Governor and Secretary of the Territory of East Florida, and he resided for two years in St. Augustine, where his eldest son was born.
In 1823, he returned to Baltimore, and was nominated by the Whigs for Congress, but was defeated by the Democratic candidate. The next year he was elected to the Legislature, and again the succeeding year. In 1826 he was urged to accept the nomination for Governor, but refused to be a candidate. In 1827, and again in 1828 he was appointed by the Governor, Commissioner for Insolvent Debtors for Baltimore City. In 1830 he was appointed Associate Judge of the Baltimore City Courts, and held that position for several years. After he retired from the bench he went to Spain, and from there to Greece, having in charge some matters entrusted to him by the State Department. He was the recipient of some attention in Athens because of the position he had taken regarding Greek independence when he was in the Legislature. After his return from Europe, Judge Worthington resumed his practice of law in Baltimore, until his death in 1856.
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