RARE 1816 Document Signed Francis Baylies - Taunton MA US House Representative

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RARE
Early American Document
Signed by
Francis Baylies
U.S. House Representative
Massachusetts
1816
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Signed Francis Baylies on reverse as register of probate. At top of document on front - says : To the honourable Hodijah Baylies ... ", who was an important figure in the Revolutionary War p aide de camp to George Washington. Note sure of the relationship to Francis. But Francis was important as well - see below for bio.
Also signed by Abram / Abraham Braley for the estate of Amos Braley. Bristol county probabe of wills.
In good to very good condition. Fold mark.
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Francis Baylies (October 16, 1783 – October 28, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and brother of congressman William Baylies. His great-grandfather was Thomas Baylies, an ironmaster from Coalbrookdale, England, who immigrated to Boston in 1737.
Baylies was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1783, the son of Dr. William Baylies (1742–1826).[1] He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Taunton, Massachusetts. He later served as Register of Probate for Bristol County 1812–1820. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1818 to the Sixteenth Congress.
Baylies was elected as a Federalist to the Seventeenth Congress, a Jackson Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress, and a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827). He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1827 for reelection to the Twentieth Congress. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827 to 1832.
Jackson then appointed him to the post of United States chargé d'affaires in Buenos Aires in the Argentine Confederation following the raid on the Falkland Islands by USS Lexington in 1831. USS Peacock conveyed Mr. Baylies and family to la Plata and on the occasion, both the British line-of-battle ship Plantagenet and frigate Druid complemented her flag by playing Hail, Columbia.[2]:pp.25,26 His very short term in office was due to the unsettled conditions of the time.
Baylies was again elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1835. He engaged in literary pursuits. He died in Taunton, Massachusetts, October 28, 1852, and was interred in the Old Plain Cemetery.
Born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, September 15th, 1756, Hodijah Baylies was a Harvard graduate that went on to become an important player in the Revolutionary War. He was a first lieutenant as well as a major and Aide de Camp for General Benjamin Lincoln and later, George Washington (5). After the war, Major Baylies started a family and held various civil positions in Bristol County, Massachusetts, including Judge of Probate. He was reportedly one of the most handsome men of the Continental Army; he also carried himself well with good manners