1796 Document Signed By NJ Governor Richard Howell
This document is a late 18th-century New Jersey gubernatorial appointment signed by Governor Richard Howell.
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Item Type: It is a partially printed document serving as a legal commission or appointment, likely related to probate or administration of an estate in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Key Figures: Signed by Richard Howell, Governor of New Jersey, and mentions Anthony W. White as Surrogate and Thomas Harmer as an executor.
Date: Dated May 1796, specifically in the twentieth year of American Independence.
Historical Significance: It serves as a prime example of administrative legal documents from the early post-Revolutionary War period in the United States.
This document is a late 18th-century New Jersey gubernatorial appointment signed by Governor Richard Howell.
Conservation matted.
Item Type: It is a partially printed document serving as a legal commission or appointment, likely related to probate or administration of an estate in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Key Figures: Signed by Richard Howell, Governor of New Jersey, and mentions Anthony W. White as Surrogate and Thomas Harmer as an executor.
Date: Dated May 1796, specifically in the twentieth year of American Independence.
Historical Significance: It serves as a prime example of administrative legal documents from the early post-Revolutionary War period in the United States.