Very rare ALS signed “Rich Stockton,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, March 14, 1768. Letter to William Kelly explaining why he had "to leave New York as soon as I did." In part: “I cannot see any sufficient wisdom to allow my opinion as to the Mandamus—the Surveyor Genl. of New Jersey is, I conclude, a person sufficiently known by the law of N. Jersey to be called upon by a Mandamus—the Sup. Court of Kings Bench here, has as much power within the Province, as the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster over England: and therefore every Argument used in the one case will apply in the other.” Scattered toning, separated hinge repaired with archival tape, and missing top right corner tip of second page, otherwise fine condition. Just the third Stockton we have ever offered, and the first ALS. In his 1995 reference History Comes to Life, Kenneth Rendell places Stockton’s autograph material into the ‘very rare’ category among the signers—an echelon second only to that occupied by the virtually unobtainable Gwinnett and Lynch. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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