{"product_id":"1769-colonial-new-york-merchant-account-to-philip-livingston-signer-of-the-declaration-of-independence-building-materials-invoice-new-york","title":"1769 Colonial New York Merchant Account to Philip Livingston, Signer of the Declaration of Independence – Building Materials Invoice – New York","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"2796\" data-end=\"2991\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn original colonial manuscript merchant's account rendered to \u003cstrong data-start=\"2859\" data-end=\"2898\"\u003ePhilip Livingston, Esq. (1716–1778)\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of New York's leading merchants and a future signer of the Declaration of Independence.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2993\" data-end=\"3289\"\u003eDated \u003cstrong data-start=\"2999\" data-end=\"3017\"\u003eApril 29, 1769\u003c\/strong\u003e, with docketing on the reverse reading \u003cstrong data-start=\"3057\" data-end=\"3084\"\u003e\"New York, 1 May 1769,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e the document records expenses for construction and building supplies, including labor, lime, clay, sand, cartage, hair for plaster, \u003cstrong data-start=\"3217\" data-end=\"3231\"\u003e200 bricks\u003c\/strong\u003e, wallboards, and additional work, totaling \u003cstrong data-start=\"3275\" data-end=\"3289\"\u003e£4 0s. 3d.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3291\" data-end=\"3654\"\u003eCreated during Livingston's final years as Speaker of the New York General Assembly and only seven years before he affixed his signature to the Declaration of Independence, the account offers an authentic glimpse into the commercial and property management activities of one of colonial America's foremost merchant-statesmen. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3656\" data-end=\"3908\"\u003eOriginal financial records associated with Philip Livingston are significantly less common than legal papers and provide valuable insight into the day-to-day operation of his extensive mercantile and real estate interests in pre-Revolutionary New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3910\" data-end=\"4174\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3910\" data-end=\"3919\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 1769 (reverse docketed May 1, 1769)\u003cbr data-start=\"3965\" data-end=\"3968\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3968\" data-end=\"3981\"\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York\u003cbr data-start=\"3990\" data-end=\"3993\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3993\" data-end=\"4007\"\u003eAddressee:\u003c\/strong\u003e Philip Livingston, Esq.\u003cbr data-start=\"4031\" data-end=\"4034\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4034\" data-end=\"4046\"\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Building materials and labor account totaling \u003cstrong data-start=\"4093\" data-end=\"4107\"\u003e£4 0s. 3d.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"4107\" data-end=\"4110\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4110\" data-end=\"4124\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good with original folds and light age wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4176\" data-end=\"4353\"\u003eAn excellent colonial manuscript with strong appeal to collectors of Declaration signers, colonial New York, early American commerce, and eighteenth-century manuscript material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52577363493146,"sku":null,"price":536.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_1716.jpg?v=1784841623","url":"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/en-ca\/products\/1769-colonial-new-york-merchant-account-to-philip-livingston-signer-of-the-declaration-of-independence-building-materials-invoice-new-york","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}