(New York), May 17, 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; foxed.

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.