1796
by Manuscript; Trial
1796. A Vermont Estate Case Involving Two Former Mayors of New York City [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Vermont]. [Colden vs. Custis and Morgan. Movnt & Judgment. Woodstock, VT, September 21, 1796]. 12-3/4" x 8" bifolium and 12-3/4" x 8" leaf, which was pinned to bifolium, forming 6 pp. document. Text in neat hand to rectos and versos, docketed on verso of final leaf. Content in neat hand. Moderate toning, light soiling, horizontal fold lines, rubbing to edges, short clean tears along folds, pin holes to upper-inside corners. $500. * In this case, the estate of Whitehead Hicks [1728-1780], lawyer, Queens, New York landowner, judge and mayor of New York City from 1766-1776, was represented by David Colden [1769-1843], Long Island lawyer, politician, abolitionist and New York City's mayor from 1818-1821. The estate sued two Vermont men, Elias Curtis and Isaac Morgan, for rent owed to Colden for one of his lands in Gloucester County, New York in 1775. (This county, which includes Woodstock, became part of Vermont in 1777.) Intended for filing, this document is in two parts: a movant (motion) and a judgment, which put the case on appeal.
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