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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1027

Livingston, Peter van Brugh (1710-1792). Son of Philip Livingston and Catherine van Brugh Livingston, partners with William Alexander in shipping business in New York City; became one of the original trustees of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) in 1748; delegate to NY Provincial Congresses, and president (1775 and 1776-1777), provincial (then New York State) treasurer (1776-1778); and Alexander, William, Lord Stirling (1726-1783). Business partners with Livingston; cultivating 2,100 grapevines on his NJ estate, he helped establish viticulture and wine-making in North American colonies; a major figure in the Revolution, Williams was appointed Brig. General in the Continental Army in March 1776, praised by both Washington and the British (who took him prisoner) for his bravery in the Battle of Long island, promoted to Maj. General after his release, served with distinction up to his death months before the end of the war. Autograph Document Signed "P.V.B. Livingston" and below "Wm. Alexander". Indenture, one page, 33 1/8 x 23", on vellum, New York City, May 10, 1754. The document from Peter van Brugh Livingston and William Alexander to one Jacobus Van Dyke concerns the "Release for a House and Lot of Ground in King Street". Livingston and Alexander sign in lovely hand at the bottom right, a paper seal affixed next to each signature. At the bottom left, as witnesses to the Razure of Richard Waldron and his wife Hannah (who are part of the indenture) are the signatures of William Waddell and Gerard Bancker (the senior, his son Gerard Bancker Jr. would be a NYC surveyor, NY State Treasurer and director of the Bank of New York). In the document synopsis on verso, Jacobus van Dyke is spelled `Jacobus Van Dyck'. Light soiling generally in margins, a fine and well-preserved document.

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