1773-Dated Gilbert Livingston Signed New York Military Oath, He Voted to Ratify the US Constitution
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Gilbert Livingston Certifies a Duchess County (NY) Military Oath in 1773, Voted to Ratify the United States Constitution
GILBERT LIVINGSTON (1742-1806). New York Revolutionary War Patriot Who Voted to Ratify the United States Constitution in the Closest "Ratification" Vote held by any State, served in the New York Assembly representing Dutchess County; a Member of the New York Provincial Congress.
May 14, 1773-Dated Colonial Period, Manuscript Document Signed, "Gilbert Livingston" on a uniface Certification of a Military Oath, taken at Duchess County (NY), 1 page, measuring 6.25" x 7.5", Choice Very Fine. Livingston certifies that Lodewyck Stryt, First Lieutenant, reading in part:
"... was duly Qualified by Signing the Declaration and taking the Oath as by Law Directed this fourteenth day of May Anno 1773 - (Signed) Gilbert Livingston"
Livingston's signature is in bold brown ink and measures nearly 4" across. Some light tone and small edge splits sealed with archival tape on the blank verso on nicely watermarked British laid period paper.
Gilbert Livingston (December 17, 1742 " September 14, 1806) was a lawyer who, in 1788, served as a Delegate to the Poughkeepsie Convention where, despite having arrived at the convention as an Anti-Federalist, he ultimately Voted to Ratify the United States Constitution. Both before and after that ratification convention, he served in the New York Assembly, representing Dutchess County. Livingston had also been a member of the New York Provincial Congress.
In 1775, Livingston served in the New York Provincial Congress. During the American Revolution, he was a patriot, and worked in shipbuilding with his brother-in-law Peter Tappan, who happened to be the brother-in-law of Governor George Clinton. Livingston chaired an important wartime committee for Governor Clinton that dealt with the problem of inflation.
Serving in the New York State Assembly from 1777-1778 and 1788-1789, he opposed price-fixing, supported tenants' rights, and warned against attempts by loyalists to gain power. He also was a judicial official called a "surrogate" from 1778 to 1785, and again from 1787 to 1794.
Gilbert Livingston Certifies a Duchess County (NY) Military Oath in 1773, Voted to Ratify the United States Constitution
GILBERT LIVINGSTON (1742-1806). New York Revolutionary War Patriot Who Voted to Ratify the United States Constitution in the Closest "Ratification" Vote held by any State, served in the New York Assembly representing Dutchess County; a Member of the New York Provincial Congress.
May 14, 1773-Dated Colonial Period, Manuscript Document Signed, "Gilbert Livingston" on a uniface Certification of a Military Oath, taken at Duchess County (NY), 1 page, measuring 6.25" x 7.5", Choice Very Fine. Livingston certifies that Lodewyck Stryt, First Lieutenant, reading in part:
"... was duly Qualified by Signing the Declaration and taking the Oath as by Law Directed this fourteenth day of May Anno 1773 - (Signed) Gilbert Livingston"
Livingston's signature is in bold brown ink and measures nearly 4" across. Some light tone and small edge splits sealed with archival tape on the blank verso on nicely watermarked British laid period paper.
Gilbert Livingston (December 17, 1742 " September 14, 1806) was a lawyer who, in 1788, served as a Delegate to the Poughkeepsie Convention where, despite having arrived at the convention as an Anti-Federalist, he ultimately Voted to Ratify the United States Constitution. Both before and after that ratification convention, he served in the New York Assembly, representing Dutchess County. Livingston had also been a member of the New York Provincial Congress.
In 1775, Livingston served in the New York Provincial Congress. During the American Revolution, he was a patriot, and worked in shipbuilding with his brother-in-law Peter Tappan, who happened to be the brother-in-law of Governor George Clinton. Livingston chaired an important wartime committee for Governor Clinton that dealt with the problem of inflation.
Serving in the New York State Assembly from 1777-1778 and 1788-1789, he opposed price-fixing, supported tenants' rights, and warned against attempts by loyalists to gain power. He also was a judicial official called a "surrogate" from 1778 to 1785, and again from 1787 to 1794.
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