Manuscript DS, signed “Matthias Nicolls,” one page, 7.5 x 12.5, September 6, 1676. Document concerning an estate. In part: “Know all men by these presents I. J. Ambrose Sutton Late Inhabitant of…New Jersey & now in habitant of Staten Island have freely given and bequeaths unto Obadiah Holmes of the same Island all my house & land…as also twenty two heads of Cattle wch I have & am now possessed of upon the Island.” Signed in the left border by Matthias Nicolls, provincial secretary of New York. Handsomely mounted, double-matted, and framed with a plaque to an overall size of 14 x 25. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, overall soiling, and show-through from docketing to reverse. Nicolls is widely known as the principal author of the ‘Duke’s Laws’ legal code.
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