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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1006

Orange County, NY; Wawayanda Patent; Verplanck, Samuel (1739-1820). Pair of land documents. 1) Indenture between "William Wickham of the City of New York Attorney at Law, James Jauncey, Walter Franklin & Lawrence Kortright…City Merchants" and Samuel Verplanck for the release of "Lands in the Patent of Wawayanda in the County of Orange". One page, 24 x 28", on vellum, Dec. 2, 1772. Signed by the first four bottom right, a red wax seal by each signature. Notation on verso, that on Jan. 25, 1773, "George Duncan Ludlow Esquire one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the Province of New York" and Robert Hull, one of the subscribing witnesses to the indenture came before George D. Ludlow, who finding no fault allowed the indenture to be recorded, signing so below. Orange County Records notation also on verso. William Wickham (1732-1814) was an attorney both in Goshen, NY and New York City. Lawrence Kortright (1728-1794) was one of the founders of the New York Chamber of Commerce. He married Hannah Aspinall in 1755; one of their daughters married President James Monroe. James Jauncey is possibly the NY General Assembly member and loyalist, while Walter Franklin is possibly the same Franklin who built what would be the Samuel Osgood House, which served as the first presidential mansion. A few minor holes near crease folds do not interfere with the text; 2) Indenture between "Samuel Verplanck of the City of New York merchant and Judith his Wife" and Isaac Noble, merchant for a parcel of land "in the Township of Goshen in the County of Orange, being a part of Lot Number One in a subdivision of the Wawayanda Patent. One page, 28 ½ x 15", on vellum, March 28, 1776. Signed "Saml Verplanck" center segment on verso below his notation: "Received…the within mentioned sum of Two Hundred and twenty three Dollars in full…" Witness and appearance notations flanking. Titled on verso: "Mr. Saml. Verplanck and Wife to Mr. Isaac Noble Release / The further described Lott, as the request of Rich. Noble, sold to Sylanus Loring as the proceeds for [?] paid to Wm. Selon." Minor soiling. Overall quite Fine. In 1703, the Governor of New York & New Jersey, Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, cousin to Queen Anne, granted 150,000 acres of land in Orange County to one John Bridges and 11 associates. Known as the Wawayanda Patent, it was confirmed by Queen Anne. Characterized by historians as an arrogant "fop and wastrel", moral profligate and cross-dresser, Lord Cornbury, who preferred to be called "high Mightiness", was perhaps the worst governor appointed to the American colonies and certainly the most scandalous and curious. Not surprisingly, the patent encountered many lawsuits, and the land remained unoccupied until 1712. [2]

Estimate
$400 to $600