Richard Morris A.D.S., [New York] : to Gerard Bancker, New York

Richard Morris A.D.S., [New York] : to Gerard Bancker, New York

Certificate

New York (N.Y.) 1788

[2] p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1990.139.2

At head of p. [1]: State of New York|"Richard Morris Esquire Chief Justice of the State of New York in consequence of an application ... made by James Rivington of the City of New York pursuant to ... an act for the speedy sale of confiscated estates ... passed the 12th of May 1784 do hereby certify that the said James Rivington did on the fourth day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight produce to me in writing a certain account wherein John N. [i.e, H.?] Cruger ... is indebted to ... James Rivington and the said James Rivington ... [who] did then and there ... say that he was on the 9th day of July 1776 an inhabitant of the City of New York and ... that the aforesaid account by him ... amounting to fifty nine pounds [five?] shillings .... and that the sum of twenty eight pounds one shilling and six pence the balance of the said account is now justly due ....from John N [i.e., H.?] Crugar|On p. [2] (crossed out): "the said John H Crugar to the said James Rivington for the principal and that the interest thereon amounts to the further sum of twenty two pounds nineteen shillings ., dated the fifth day of September 1788. [signed] Ri.d Morris to Gerard Bancker Exq.r Treasurer of the State of New York|John Harris Crugar was a son of Henry Crugar Senior, a Loyalist who died in 1780. John H. Crugar lived in New York but joined the British army, fled the colonies, and died in Yorkshire England after his lands were confiscated. -- R. Paul Mason. Neglected histories: the Crugar family and the roots of American independence.|"I having examined the said accounts ... do certify pursuant to the directions contained in the act aforesiad that the sum of twenty eight pounds one shilling and sixpence appears in equity and good conscience to be due from the said John H Congarto the said James Rivington ...."|Docketed on p. [2]: J. H. Crugar. Judge Morris's certificate / Duplicate|Richard Morris was an honorary member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati.

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