RARE Autograph and Book Auction October 17th
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/17/2024
Founding Father John Jay document signed one page with docketing on verso, 13.5" x 8.25", partially printed, New York, December 22, 1795, names Jacob J Jackson a Lieutenant Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in the County of Queens, countersigned by Secretary Lewis A. Scott, affixed with paper and wax State Seal. A nice, clean early military commission. In fine condition.
John Jay (December 23, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1795 as the first chief justice of the United States and from 1795 to 1801 as the second governor of New York. Jay directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788.
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John Jay Signed Military Appointment
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