?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. Document Signed, "Alexandr Hamilton / for Plaintiffs," with three additional lines in holograph, judgment of the Supreme Court of New York in the case of LeRoy & Bayard v. Shaw. The holograph lines, dollar amounts relating to damages to be awarded or value of property under discussion. Additionally signed by Richard Harrison, attorney for the defendant. 2 1/4 pages, folio, written on a folded sheet; short closed separations repaired with cello tape in several places throughout, signature and holograph lines indicated by red pencil arrows, docketing on terminal page. [New York], 21 January 1797
In the present case, Hamilton represented New York merchant Jan Cornelis Van den Heuvel and a New York mercantile firm LeRoy & Bayard, whose ship (probably the Narcissus) and cargo were captured by British privateers in July of 1795 during a voyage from Demerara in South America to New York. The plaintiffs brought suit against the insurer's underwriter to recover the full value of the loss.
