1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild ii. vii, in Misc. III. 143 The Acceptor was not to be found..and consequently the Money was now demanded of the Endorser.]

1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 339 The indorser..remits it to his correspondent, with an indorsation or transference of property.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 2) II. 469 The indorsee..may call upon either the drawer or the indorsor.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal ii. ii. 21 Wherever the drawer of the lie was not to be found, the injured party should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.

1849 J. W. Gilbart Banking (ed. 5) 55 The person who indorses a bill is called the indorser; the person to whom it is indorsed is called the indorsee [1828 (ed. 2) has endorses, endorser, endorsed, endorsee].

1849 J. H. Freese Commerc. Class-bk. 35 An indorser of a bill is liable in all respects.

1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking 122 A payee indorsing a bill not negotiable is liable to his indorsee; for each indorser as it were takes the place of a new drawer.