Apr 03, 2003 - Sale 1965

Sale 1965 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 115
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) WILLETT, MARINUS. Autograph Endorsement Signed, "Cepi Corpus M. Willett Sheriff fees due 6/9" on verso of a partly-printed Document Signed by Robert Benson, ordering Christopher Godwise to be arrested for trespassing. 41/2x143/4 inches; some separations at folds, minor browning. New York, 12 October 1784

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Willett (1740-1830) Revolutionary patriot and soldier, member of the Sons of Liberty prior to the war, served as an officer in several campaigns with New York regiments including Sullivan's Expedition, served as Sheriff of New York City from 1784-88 and Mayor of New York in 1807.