Lot 1231: MORRIS, RICHARD. 1730-1810.

Letter Signed ("Rcd Morris"), 1 p, 4to (integral address leaf), Poughkeepsie, July 18, 1788, to Governor [George] Clinton, also signed by ROBERT YATES, framed, evenly browned, not examined outside of frame.

Richard Morris, as Chief Justice of New York, reports on a case of mother assault. He writes during the Poughkeepsie Convention for ratification of the Constitution.
Provenance: from the collection of Robert R. Raymo.