SUPER RARE Historical 9.5x4 New York Supreme Court document that reads in part [some areas are too hard to dechiper] "The people of the state of New York to the sheriff of the city and county of New York. Greetings. We recommend you that you take Brookshold Livingston if he shall be found in your Bailwich and him safely ? so that you may have his body in our Supreme Court of ? ? before ? at the City of Albany on the last Tuesday of July next to ? unto William Edgar of a Plea of Tre??? and also to a Bill of the said William Edgar against the ? Brookshold Livingston for Two Thousand Pounds upon Promise according to the customs of our Court before Unto be exhibited. And have you then there this ? ? Robert Yates esquire Chief Justice at the City of New York the Fifth Day of May in the Sixteenth Year of our Independence. Signed on the verso by Marinus Willett in old ink. Dated July 20, 1792. There is a really old New York Supreme Court seal affixed to the left portion of the document.This is an extraordinary piece of early American history. (1740-1830) Colonel Marinus Willett was an American military officer, politician and merchant who served as the mayor of New York City from 1807 to 1808. Willett is best known for his actions during the American Revolution, where he served as an important Patriot leader in colonial New York before enlisting in the Continental Army and serving in numerous campaigns in the Revolutionary War throughout the Northwest.Born in Jamaica, Queens, Willett underwent an apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker before enlisting in the provincial militia after the French and Indian War broke out in 1754. He participated in the Ticonderoga campaign and the British capture of Fort Frontenac in 1758, before falling sick and being transferred to Fort Stanwix in order to recuperate. After the end of the conflict, he entered King's College in New York in 1772 and graduated in 1776.A prominent member of the Sons of Liberty, Willett enlisted in the 1st New York Regiment in 1775, taking part in the failed Invasion of Quebec before transferring to the 3rd New York Regiment in 1776. Fighting at Monmouth, Willett subsequently participated in the 1778 Sullivan Expedition. He was made colonel of the 5th New York Regiment in 1780 and the Tryon County militia in 1781, where he fought at Johnstown before the war's end in 1783.After the conflict, Willett returned to New York, working as a merchant and aligning himself with the Anti-Federalist Party; he was elected to the New York State Assembly in December 1783. In addition to serving intermittently as New York County Sheriff, Willett also served as New York City's mayor for a year. On August 22, 1830, Willett died and was buried in the graveyard of Trinity Church. The town of Willet, New York, is named in his honor.(1738-1801) Robert Yates was appointed the third Chief Justice of the State on October 28, 1790, a position he held until he reached the mandatory retirement age of sixty in 1798. His reputation was that of a fairminded, impartial judge, and unprejudiced against Loyalists.Comes with a full Letter of Authenticity from Todd Mueller Authentics.