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JOHN J. BEEKMAN Autograph Signed Document, 1779

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Revolutionary War Document Accounting for "Waggons & Horses" Used by the Commissioners of Conspiracy

July 3, 1779, Autograph Document Signed by the "Commissioners of Conspirisey", Albany, NY, Fine.
July 3, 1779, Autograph Document Signed, "Jno. Jas. Beekman", Albany, NY, one page fine-laid paper, 7" x 6.25". The document lists charges received from John M. Beekman, Isaac D. Fonda & Matthew Vischen, Commissioners of Conspiracies, to their labour account: "to my waggon & horses from Albany to Saratoga being 32 miles..., 1/2 day detained my waggon..., To my waggon & horses from Albany, Jacob Cooper 16 miles..., 1 1/2 days detained my waggon..."
The Albany Committee of Correspondence, Safety, and Protection was formed over the winter of 1774-1775 to mobilize local opposition to the so-called Intolerable Acts. The Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies succeeded the Committee of Correspondence as the enforcement arm of the political revolution. The Albany County board of this organization functioned from 1778 to 1781. The commissioners met for the last time on August 30, 1781.
Without much more to go on than the trip to and from such important revolutionary locations, we can only speculate what venture the important Albany committee found and with what remnant is documented here. Part of their mission was to root out and brand enemies of American Independence & freedom as Tories or Loyalists. Interesting revolutionary document in Fine condition.

Johannes Jas. Beekman (1733-1802), Revolutionary Patriot, Merchant, Firemaster. Early in the American conflict, Beekman joined the crusade as a member of the Committee of Correspondence. He was active in Indian diplomacy, appointed mayor of Albany in June 1783.

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