Garrat Noel Bleecker (1 results)

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Signed in black ink by Garret Bleecker and James Morris. 8"x11" hand laid paper. Slight overall toning consistent with age. One can see the roller print shadow from the hand crank printer. Tiny chips ate edges of creases, where document had been folded centuries ago. Presently in protective sleeve held securely between two cardboard sheets for stability and to reduce light exposure. Garrat Noel (GN) Bleecker (1768-1833) was a New York City stockbroker and merchant and a founder of the New York Stock Exchange - one of (24) signers of the Buttonwood Agreement that established the Exchange. The present document is signed and dated in ink G. N. Bleecker, November 1, 1809 as witness to an agreement regarding sale of Lower Manhattan land formerly part of the Bleecker Farm bounded in part by Broad-Way (now, Broadway), Leonard Street and Anthony Street ((now, Worth Street) and adjacent to the White Conduit House land to James Morris, who also signs his name in ink, James Morris' father was a prominent landowner who was a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. He graduated Princeton University and became Aaron Burr's law partner. He held the office of High Sheriff of New York County and City, by appointment from NY Governor John Jay. In protective sleeve. Signed by Author(s).…