Colden vs. Custis and Morgan. Woodstock, VT, September 21, 1796.
A Vermont Estate Case Involving Two Former Mayors of New York City [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Vermont]. [Colden vs. Custis and Morgan. Movnt & Judgment. Woodstock, VT, September 21, 1796]. 12-3/4" x 8" (32.4 x 20.3 cm) bifolium and 12-3/4" x 8" (32.4 x 20.3 cm) leaf, which was pinned to bifolium, forming 6 pp. document. Text in neat hand to rectos and versos, docketed on verso of final leaf. Content in neat hand. Moderate toning, light soiling, horizontal fold lines, rubbing to edges, short clean tears along folds, pin holes to upper-inside corners. $250. * In this post-Revolutionary land dispute, the estate of Whitehead Hicks [1728-1780]-a prominent Queens landowner, judge, and pre-Revolutionary Mayor of New York City (1766-1776)-was represented by Cadwallader David Colden [1769-1834], a Long Island lawyer, future abolitionist, and later Mayor of New York City (1818-1821). Acting on behalf of the estate, Colden sued two Vermont residents, Elias Curtis [written as Custis in court records] and Isaac Morgan, for back rent dating to 1775. The disputed property was located in the colonial-era Gloucester County, New York-a territory including Woodstock that was absorbed into the newly declared state of Vermont in 1777. Prepared and intended for official filing, this manuscript is divided into two distinct parts: a legal motion and a formal judgment, which effectively placed the case on appeal.
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