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1703 "Cross Dressing" Governor of New York Issues a Marriage License
VISCOUNT CORNBURY, Royal Governor of New York and New Jersey.
January 20, 1703, Document Signed, as Governor of New York, New York, 1 page, folio (8" by 13"). With embossed seal. Stained in four places, and Cornbury's signature is light, but overall pleasing and Fine. Addressed "To any Protestant Minister or Justice of Peace in the said Province." Here "Edward Viscount Cornbury... authorizes and impowers" the joining in "the Holy bonds of Matrimony" a Dutch couple, Dominicus Vander Vers and Margaretta Van Orteck. Viscount Cornbury was corrupt, extravagant, and with a penchant for appearing in public dressed in women's clothing—he was most unpopular.
1703 "Cross Dressing" Governor of New York Issues a Marriage License
VISCOUNT CORNBURY, Royal Governor of New York and New Jersey.
January 20, 1703, Document Signed, as Governor of New York, New York, 1 page, folio (8" by 13"). With embossed seal. Stained in four places, and Cornbury's signature is light, but overall pleasing and Fine. Addressed "To any Protestant Minister or Justice of Peace in the said Province." Here "Edward Viscount Cornbury... authorizes and impowers" the joining in "the Holy bonds of Matrimony" a Dutch couple, Dominicus Vander Vers and Margaretta Van Orteck. Viscount Cornbury was corrupt, extravagant, and with a penchant for appearing in public dressed in women's clothing—he was most unpopular.
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Autographs-Coins-Currency-Americana
9:00 AM PT - Feb 7th, 2008
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Early American
P.O. Box 3507
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
