[Americana] Jay, John. Autograph Document, signed.
(New York), May 18, 1770. Bifolium, 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (311 x 187 mm). Autograph document, signed by John Jay, being an indenture between himself and Dr. John Charlton of New York; counter-signed by Collin Vangelder and John Burt Lyng. Paper seal intact. Docketed on verso by Jay. Creasing from old folds, small closed tears along same; foxed; paper loss to margins, 1 in. chip at bottom left corner.
Autograph document, signed by first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay (1745-1829), as a New York City lawyer.
Dr. John Charlton (d. 1806) was an English-born New York physician, and the Jay family doctor.
Never before offered for sale.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
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