2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Document Signed by important New Yorkers; John Van Ness Yates, Daniel D. Tompkins and Stephen Van Rensselaer III Albany March 10, 1814 to the Hon. Sec. of the Navy, William Jones providing reference for Samuel C. Ward to “enter the Navy of the United Sattes .. we cheerfully recommend him .. for midshipman. He is between 16 & 17 years of age.” John Van Ness Yates (1779-1839) was a New York lawyer, Democratic-Republican politician, and Secretary of State from 1818 to 1826. Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) was an American politician. He was the fourth governor of New York from 1807 to 1817, and the sixth vice president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764-1839) was an American landowner, businessman, militia officer, and politician. Long active in the militia, Van Rensselaer attained the rank of major general; he commanded troops on the New York–Canada border during the War of 1812
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