ANTIQUE SIGNATURE REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO - PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT/NEW YORK POLITICS
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THIS ITEM WAS PURCHASED BY MY LATE HUSBAND BEFORE THERE WAS GOOGLE OR THE INTERNET FOR RESEARCH..
ON THE ITEM YOU WILL SEE WHERE IT SAYS "PIERRE VAN CORTLAND JR" HOWEVER -I BELIEVE THIS WAS A MISTAKE ON THE SELLERS PART
WHEN I RESEARCHED THE SIGNATURE IT IS ACTUALLY THE SIGNATURE OF THE FATHER NOT THE JR. WHO IS THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO AND THIS MATCHES WHAT IS PICTURED AS HIS SIGNATURE.
PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT1721-1814
As a Colonel, and later General, [...3] be commanded the Third Westchester Militia Regiment and later was advanced to be a General. Gen. George Washington ever referred to Pierre Van Cortlandt as his most trusted friend and ally.[4] With NY Gov. George Clinton away from the state in active military service, Lt. Gov. Van Cortlandt had full charge of the revolutionary government of the state and directed its entire war effort. On November 25, 1783 this earnest patriot accompanied General Washington on his triumphant ride into New York City. He was made an original honorary member of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati on July 6, 1784.[5] In 1787 he was elected President of the State Convention meeting in Poughkeepsie to ratify the Constitution of the United States
HE Was ALSO an American politician who served as the first Lieutenant Governor of New York.
GOOD CONDITIONPLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS, THANKS, JAN
