[NEW YORK] -- LIVINGSTON, Philip (1716-1778). Manuscript indentures, comprising:
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[NEW YORK] -- LIVINGSTON, Philip (1716-1778). Manuscript indentures, comprising:
LIVINGSTON, Philip, Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Manuscript indenture signed ("Phil. Livingston"). 31 July 1772. 1p, 23 x 28 in. (sight), framed to approx. 39 x 32 1/2 in. (creasing at folds, small losses, signature somewhat faint but legible, unexamined outside frame). Deeds conveys 400 lots of ground in the city of New York.
[With:] Two manuscript indentures: Thomas Storm to Gerard Rutgers, 20 September 1794. 1p, 12 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (sight), framed to 18 x 22 in. (creasing, toning, unexamined outside frame). Conveys 4,200 acres in Clinton County, New York. -- Lease for one year between Nicholas Bayard and Peter Livingston for a 100-acre tract of land on Great George Street in Manhattan. 6 January 1786. 14 1/2 x approx.. 9 1/2 in. (sight), framed to approx. 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (creasing, toning, unexamined outside frame).
Together, 3 framed items.
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