April 12, 2024
DEWITT CLINTON New York Mayor Pay Voucher DOCUMENT SIGNED 1813 Governor SenatorD
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DEWITT CLINTON rare signed Pay voucher You are bidding on an original Clinton signed As Mayor of New York, pay voucher that appears to be a 60 dollar payment for lamps to his Comptroller Mercein that also signed this document. Document has some age appropriate wear such as a tear in the upper top center portion . Document signed: "DeWitt Clinton" as Mayor , "R Mercein as Comptroller , 1 page, 7x4½. City of New York, 1813 October 4. . DEWITT CLINTON ( 1769-1828 ) was New York state senator (1798-1802) U.S. Senator (1802-1803), Mayor of New York (1803-1807, 1808-1810 and 1811-1815) and Governor of New York (1817-1821, 1825-1828). DeWitt had been introduced to politics when he served as secretary to his uncle, New York's first Governor, George Clinton. In 1812, DeWitt Clinton was the unsuccessful Federalist candidate for President, losing in a close election to Democratic-Republican incumbent, James Madison by 128-89 electoral votes, 11-seven states. If Pennsylvania had gone Federalist, Clinton would have won, 114-103. He also introduced a bill in the New York Senate in 1811 to explore routes for what would become the Erie Canal and, after the War of 1812, appointed him to the commission to build the canal in 1816.
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