Lot 785
Trumbull, Jonathan and Abraham Ten Broeck. A folio document headed "In Committee of Safety for the State of New York" and signed "Abm: Ten Broeck" as president of the Committee of Safety for New York, Fishkill, 26 Dec. 1776. Here, Ten Broeck orders that, ". the Treasurer of this State transmit by Benjamin Montanye the Sum of Eight hundred and forty pounds. New York Currency. to be sent to his Honor Governor Trumbull to discharge the Accounts of the transportation of Inhabitants and Stock from Nassau Island. the Governor is requested. to pass and return. a Receipt for the same." Ten Broeck was a Brigadier General in the American cause and an early Mayor of Albany.
Trumbull signs ("Jon;th Trumbull") as Governor of Connecticut at the foot of the letter in receipt of the money: "Rec'd December 30th 1776 from P.V.B. Livingston by the hands of Gerard Bancker Eight hundred and forty pounds. pursuant to the above order." Fine; small repair at top edge. The Nassau Island reference is presumably the Bahamas, a loyalist stronghold where Fort Nassau is housed. P.V.B. Livingston, was the grandson of Robert Livingston and a rich major supporter of the colonial cause. The Gerard Bancker mentioned was the Treasurer of New York State. In 1776 American naval squadrons raided the British Bahamas, but the British positioned a fleet to fend them off. On 27 Jan. 1778, under the command of Capt. John Peck Rathbun, the fifty-man crew of the USS Providence seized two forts at Nassau, raising the Stars and Stripes in place of the Union flag - the first time the American flag had flown over a conquered foreign post.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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