Montgomery/Livingston Marriage Certificate

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MP.87.86 a-b

Description

Print (possibly taken from a book) of a photograph of the marriage certificate of Richard Montgomery and Janet Livingston: certificate has seal in upper left corner and "Wm. Tyron" handwritten below; the certificate reads: By His Excellency/ WILLIAM TRYON,ESQ;/ Captain General and Governor in Chief; in and over the Province of New=York and the/ Territories depending thereon in America, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral of the same./ To any Protestant Minister of the Gospel./ Whereas [initial letter "W" surrounded by square of openwork containing a shaft of wheat and a beehive] there is a mutual purpose of marriage between Richard Montgomery/ of the Outward of New York Gentleman of the one party, and Jennet Livingston of Dutchess County Spinster/ of the other party, for which they have desired my Licence, and have given Bond,/ upon condition, that neither of them have any lawful Let or Impediment of Pre-/Contract, Affinity, or Consanguinity, to hinder their being joined in the Holy Bands of Matrimony:/ These are therefore to authorise and impower you, to join the said Richard Montgomery and Jennet Livingston in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony, and them to pronounce Man and Wife./ Given under by Hand, and the Prerogative Seal of the Province of New=York at Fort=/George, in the City of New=York, the Fourth Day of August in the Thirteenth/ Year of the Reign of our Sovereign GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of/ Great=Britain, France, and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, IC. Annoq; Domini, 1773-/ Enter'd in the Prerogative-Office"; handwritten "Edm. Fanning Sevar (?)"; framed in a wood-grain painted steel frame with gilt liner on paper applied to inner edge.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1900 - 1933 Date made: r. 1900 - 1933

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

MP.87.86 A-B

MP.87.86a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

9-1/8 in

Width

12-1/8 in

Depth

1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 1/2 in. (23.2 x 30.8 x 1.3 cm)

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

9 in

Width

10-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 x 10 1/2 in. (22.9 x 26.7 cm)

Material

ink, Steel, Glass, Paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Foxing/stains on lower left center and lower right corner; upper left corner, bent.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

General Richard Montgomery

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Janet Livingston Montgomery

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Formerly hung in Montgomery Room.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Unknown, Missing