Sep 25, 2008 - Sale 2155

Sale 2155 - Lot 24

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HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. Autograph Document Signed, "Hamilton Attorney for Defendant," additionally Signed twice in the text, a plea in New York Mayor's Court on behalf of his client John Sullivan in a case brought by Elizabeth Davis. 1 page, small 4to; lacking portion of page above topmost fold, docketed on verso. New York, [from docket: 1 May 1784]
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"And the said John Sullivan by Alexander Hamilton his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when &c. and says that he did not undertake in manner and form as the said Elizabeth Davis above complains against him, and of this he puts himself upon the Country and the said Elizabeth likewise &c.
"John Sullivan puts in his place Alexander Hamilton his Attorney at the suit of Elizabeth Davis in the plea aforesaid."