Decree of forfeiture, 1783 July 14.

ArchivalResource

Decree of forfeiture, 1783 July 14.

Decree of forfeiture against John Nesly for bearing arms "against the peace and the people of the State of New York" at Saratoga on 1 November 1777. Signed by Robert Yates.

1 page.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6831910

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

New York State, Supreme court

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr8mr8 (corporateBody)

Czolgosz fatally wounded President William McKinley at the Pan- American Exposition, 6 Sept. 1901. From the description of The People of the State of New York vs. Leon Czolgosz : transcript, 1901 Sept. 23-26. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113709 Mr. Shaeffer, trader, lived in the village of Manlius, in the county Onondaga, New York. He was in debt (2,882 pounds or $7,205) to Leonard Ganswoort and Philip S[chuyler?] Van Rensselaer. From the descr...

Yates, Robert, 1738-1801

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pr89dr (person)

Yates was appointed to the New York Supreme Court in 1777; in Sep. 1790 he was made Chief Justice of the court and served until 1798. He was a delegate from New York to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, but left believing the Convention had gone beyond their mandate in writing the U. S. Constitution. He was very anti-federalist and is believed to have written a series of anti-federalist papers (Oct 1787-Apr. 1788) under the pseudonym Brutus. From the description of [Document] 1789...

Nesly, John.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r28szf (person)