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Autographs & Documents from Colonial New York

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Autographs & Documents from Colonial New York
<B>(Colonial New York) A collection of ten manuscript pieces, some signed by notables, relative to the history of colonial New York.</B></I> Includes <B>Abraham Livingston</B></I> (1754-1782) A.D.S. New York, September 2, 1774 a receipt from Jellis Fonda (an ancestor of the noted acting family) for £62.18.8 "<I>...which by his desire I am to Send to Jamaica in order for recovery...</B></I>"; <B>Jacob Garland</B></I> D.S. Kingston, April, 22 1774 a receipt for a saddle and "<I>1 Side Leather</B></I>"; New York mayor <B>Whitehead Hicks</B></I> E.S. (signed twice), December 20, 1753 on the verso of a vellum deed in which Thomas Seymor ("<I>Mariner</B></I>") of New York sells Charles Doughty of Brooklyn for a lot and dwelling "<I>...on the North East side of the Road that leads from the Ferry on Nassau Island in Kings County throught the town of Brucklyn...</B></I>" for the sum of £260. <I>Soiled and toned</B></I>; <B>Jacob C. Ten Eyck</B></I> E.S., Albany, October 26, 1764. <I>Weak folds reinforced on verso, marginal losses</B></I>; <B>Benjamin Reid</B></I> A.D.S. New York, July 13, 1773, a receipt for £4.11 "<I>Being in full of my Pay for Writing in the Deputy Adjutant General's Office...</B></I>"; <B>Philip Schuyler Jr.</B></I> (b. 1666) A.L.S. February 18, 1723/4 in Dutch to Robert Livingston announcing the death of his father. <I>Very clean and bright</B></I>; New York Mayor <B>Robert Walker</B></I> D.S. New York, 1723; <B>(New York City)</B></I> D.S. by 13 member of an "<I>Inquisition... taken at the House of Sarah Brock Innkeeper Situate in... Wall Street and near the City Hall...</B></I>", April 12, 1773 . <I>Fold separations and chipping</B></I>; <B>(Albany)</B></I> D.S. Albany, April 7, 1743 being a suit by the city of Albany against Peter Binneway; <B>(New York)</B></I> D.S. November 14, 1713 a summons for Martha Pirod "<I>...to answer Hester Bloom...</B></I>" for a debt. Together ten pieces in good to fine condition overall. <I>From the Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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