Email this lot to a friend

« Email Address (separate multiple emails with a comma)

hide

Lot 2

translate

email

Colonial Gov LORD CORNBURY - Document Signed

Sign In to see what this sold for

Lord Cornbury (Edward Hyde) (1661-1723) Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey. Cornbury came to be regarded as immoral and corrupt and possibly the worst governor Britain ever imposed on an American colony. The early accounts claim that Lord Cornbury took bribes and plundered the public treasury. Historians characterize him as a "degenerate and pervert who is said to have spent half of his time dressed in women's clothes." 9" x 7" document signed "Cornbury," New York, January 22, 1703. The document is an inventory of the estate of Humphrey Frogenna.

Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

View The Written Word Autographs next auction.

Similar lots up for auction