ANTIQUE DOCUMENT BOX EARLY c1800, SIGNED BY SENECA NEW YORK FOUNDING FATHER

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I HAVE HAD THIS WONDERFUL DOCUMENT BOX FOR 60 YEARS AND IT MUST NOW GO TO A NEW HOME. IT IS CIRCA EARLY 1800'S. THIS WAS THE PERSONAL BOX OF RUBEN SWIFT, A FOUNDING FATHER OF SENECA NEW YORK, AND IS SIGNED BY HIM ON THE BOTTOM. MY RESEARCH ON REUBEN AND THE SWIFT FAMILY SHOWS HE WAS A LARGE LAND HOLDER AND 'BIG SHOT' IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE SENECA AND WATERLOO NEW YORK AREA. THE BOX IS HIDE COVERED AND HAS THE ORIGINAL INTERIOR PAPER COVERING. IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PHOTOS. IT WAS MADE IN ALBANY NEW YORK BY THE WILLIAM S KING COMPANY. SHIPPING WILL BE $17.00. IT WILL BE PROPERLY PACKED AND INSURED. THERE WILL BE NO RETURNS. HER'S A LITTLE HISTORY OF REUBEN SWIFT, ESQ. HE WAS BORN IN 1772 AND DIED IN 1843. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, LUCINDA HATCH SWIFT (1771-1822). THEY WERE BOTH FROM CONN BUT SETTLED IN WHAT WAS TO BECOME THE TOWN OF WATERLOO, SENECA COUNTY. BOTH DIED IN MILFORD. THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN. I FOUND SEGMENTS OF THE FAMILY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. I TALKED WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY UP IN NEW YORK. HE HAD A HABIT OF BUYING AND SELLING REAL ESTATE WITH HIS LAWYER BUDDY AND WAS A PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN. HIS HOME WAS ORIGINALLY KNOW AS THE SWIFT MANSION. IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER INFO LET ME KNOW. IT IS RARE TO FIND A PERSONAL POSESSION OF A SOMEWHAT HISTORICAL FIGURE LIKE THIS FROM THE EARLY read more
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