Certificate of discharge of a mortgage signed by John Gamage, physician, and certification signed by James Kent, as Master in Chancery, 19 October 1796.
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Gamage, John
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Kent graduated from Yale in 1781 and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1785. He practiced law in Poughkeepsie (1785-1793) and in New York City from 1793. He served as Judge of the New York Supreme Court (1798-1814) and as Chancellor of the New York Court of Chancery (1814-1823.) From the description of Certificate of discharge of a mortgage signed by John Gamage, physician, and certification signed by James Kent, as Master in Chancery, 19 October 1796. (Harvard Law School Library)....
Kent, James, 1763-1847
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These maps were compiled over a period of years by Chancellor Kent, a well-known American jurist who was a dominant state supreme court judge in New York throughout the Federalist era. The extensive manuscript annotations are in his hand. These notes are often dated, some as early as the 1820s and others as late as 1840. It is unclear what prompted Kent to assemble this volume, but a possible reason was his interest in missionary activities, often referred to in the notes, which display an intim...
