New Jersey Governor William Livingston Signed Guardianship Document

1p partially-printed, measuring 13" x 8", Trenton, New Jersey, dated February 11, 1784. Signed "Wil: Livingston" as Governor. A large document assigning guardianship to a young girl, reading in part:

"To Jotham Jonson Guardian of Eunice Jonson Daughter of Nathaniel Jonson deceased. Whereas the said Nathaniel Jonson did not by Deed in his Life Time, nor by his Last Will and Testament, dispose of the Guardianship of his Daughter Eunice Jonson. And Whereas the said Eunice Jonson being above the Age of Fourteen Years, and under the age of Twenty-one Years, hath by her petition, filed in the Prerogative Office at Burlington prayed that the said Jotham Jonson may be appointed Guardian of her Person and Estate, until she shall attain her Age of Twenty-one Years…" With a large paper seal at the top left corner and docketing on verso. The document has flattened folds, with some separations starting at the folds. Uneven and slightly rough edges. Foxing and light toning throughout. Boldly signed by Livingston.

William Livingston (1723–1790) served as the Governor of New Jersey and was a signer of the United States Constitution. In 1772, he moved to Elizabethtown and boarded with a young Alexander Hamilton while Hamilton attended Francis Barber's grammar school. Livingston was elected Governor in 1776 and spent the majority of the time between 1776 and 1779 with his family in Parsippany for safety. During the war, there was a substantial reward for Livingston's capture, and there was one nearly successful attempt made to kidnap him in mid-June 1779. Livingston served as Governor until his death in 1790.

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