Name/Title
8th day of April 1799 William Bull IIIEntry/Object ID
001946Tags
William Bull, John JayScope and Content
The People of the State of New-York, by the Grace of GOD, Free and Independent:
To William Bull of our County of Orange Esquire GREETING:
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your Fidelity, Integrity and Ability, HAVE (pursuant to an Act of our Legislature, entitled "An Act for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes," passed 1st April, 1799) nominated, constituted and appointed, and by these Presents, DO nominate, constitute and appoint you the said William Bull a Commissioner of Taxes, in and for our said County of Orange; hereby giving and granting unto you the said William Bull all and singular the powers and authorities to the said office belonging or in any wise appertaining: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, exercise and enjoy the same, together with all and singular the rights, privileges, profits and advantages thereunto belonging, for and during our good pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment: IN TESTIMONY whereof, WE have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of our said State to be hereunto affixed; WITNESS our trusty and well-beloved JOHN JAY, Esquire, Governor of our said State, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the advice and consent of our said Council of Appointment, at our City of Albany, the fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine and in the twenty-third year of our Independence.
John Jay
Key Historical Details
Signatory: John Jay (1745–1829). Aside from being Governor, Jay was the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Appointee: William Bull of Orange County. The Bull family was quite prominent in that region during the 18th century.
The Date: April 5, 1799. This was toward the end of Jay's first term as Governor.
The Seal: The large wax pendant seal at the bottom is the Great Seal of the State of New York, which was required to make the "Letters Patent" (official public documents) valid.
John Jay, with seal value $550.00
Michael Brown wrote on 1980 Inventory from Bud Harlow
