From David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since October 20, 1997
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Printed broadsheet indenture, with printed date "179-", completed in manuscript to January 3, 1795, transferring a tract of land in Schuyler Town New York from Amos Leavenworth "and Esther his wife," to Samuel W. Baldwin and Esther his Wife of same Town." Oblong 3-1/2" x 17-1/2." Old folds [slight loss], completed in manuscript. Toned, foxing, Signatures of Amos Leavenworth and Esther Leavenworth. with witnesses Jonas Platt and William Hallock. Good+. This printed deed, one of Whitestown's earliest imprints, is unlisted in the relevant bibliographies. For 1794, AAS records a newspaper and an Address by Jonas Platt, one of the witnesses to this deed. We have not located an earlier Whitestown imprint. Because our deed was executed on January 3, 1795, we do not believe we are excessively optimistic in suggesting that Easton printed it in 1794. Oliver Easton was the only printer in town during the 1790s. The deed is docketed on the verso, in manuscript. Included in manuscript is the sworn acknowledgment signed by Hugh White, "one of the Judges of Common pleas in & for the County of Herkimer," that the Leavenworths signed "as their act and deed." Judge White examined "Esther wife of the said Amos separate and apart from her said husband," and ascertained that "she signed without any fear thret [sic] or compulsion of her husband.". Seller Inventory # 40232
Bibliographic Details
Title: PRINTED INDENTURE, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, ...
Publisher: Printed by O.P. Easton 179 -, Whitestown [NY]
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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