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Noah Webster manuscript document signed three times, 2 February 1796....
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Noah Webster manuscript document signed three times, 2 February 1796. Webster, Noah. Manuscript document signed ("Noah Webster") with sixty-word autograph document signed ("Noah Webster") twice on verso of last page, 3 pages (9 x 14.5 in.; 229 x 368 mm.), [New York City], 2 February 1796. Also signed by John Peshine, and as witnesses Ezekiel Robins and James M. Hughes. On watermarked laid paper. Scalloped at top edge. Minor spotting; overall, in fine condition. Document signed three times by Noah Webster regarding the sale of land bought by Webster, author of A Dictionary of the English Language, from Lindley Murray, author of Grammar of the English Language. The primary document reads in part: Articles of Agreement ... Between Noah Webster of the City of New York Esquire of the one part and John Peshine of said City Cordwainer [shoemaker] of the other part as follows to wit The said Noah Webster in consideration of the sum of fifteen hundred and fifty pounds Current Money of New York to be paid to him ... That the said Noah Webster together with his wife will ... Convey by a good and sufficient Deed unto the said John Peshine and his Heirs and assigns for-ever in fee simple clear of all Incumbrance whatsoever exception a Mortgage bearing date the fourteenth of November 1795 executed by him the said Noah Webster and his Wife to Lindley Murray Esquire...Noah Webster Noah Webster autograph document signed ("Noah Webster") and, in text ("Noah Webster"), on the right half of the verso of the last page. Penned entirely in Webster's hand, he writes in full: New York Nov 14 1796. The within named John Peshine, having complied with the conditions of the within indenture, except as to the Bond of the said Noah Webster to Lindley Murray, & also the mortgage on the within premises, which are payable Novr 1, 1799, I hereby permit & authorize the within named Ezekiel Robins to deliver the deed herein named to said John Peshine. Noah Webster. Manuscript document signed ("Ezekiel Robins") on the left half of the verso of the last page. In full, I Ezekiel Robins of the City of New York Hatter do hereby acknowledge that I have received a Deed from Noah Webster Esq and his wife to John Peshine of said City Cordwainer of the Lot of Land & Dwelling House within Described, which I promise to hold as an Escrow, on the Condition mentioned in the within articles of Agreement." Witness my hand at New York the Second day of February A.D. 1796. Ezekiel Robins. Witnessed by James M. Hughes. Ezekiel Robins was a hatter at 29 Queens Street, now Pearl Street, New York City. He served in the New York State Assembly from 1798 to 1799, and was treasurer and a member of the Standing Committee for the New York Manufacturing Society. Lieutenant Colonel James M. Hughes commanded the 5th Regiment of the Brigade of the City and County of New York in 1789, and was a New York City attorney. He was also an officer in the United States Court for the District of New York and a Master of Chancery. Noah Webster, in his A Dictionary of the English Language published in 1828, writes, in part, "In the year 1803, I received a Letter from Lindley Murray, with a copy of his Grammar. The following is a copy of the Letter. 'I take the liberty of requesting that the author of 'Dissertations on the English Language' [1789] will do me the favor to accept a copy of the new edition of my Grammar, as a small testimony of my respect for his talents and character. At the same time, I hope he will permit me to thank him for the pleasure and improvement, which I have derived from perusing his ingenious and sensible writings. If, on looking over the Grammar, any thing should occur to him, by which he thinks the work may be further improved, I will take the communication of it as a particular favor, and will give it an attentive and respectful consideration. Should he prepare any remarks, he will be so good as to send his letter to my brother John Murray, jun., Pearl Street, New York, who will carefully forward them to me. I am very respectfully, &c. Holdgate, near York, 1803. Lindley Murray." Written in England in 1794, Murray's Grammar of the English Language was published in 1795.Loading guides...
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