{"product_id":"center-1815-br-i-jamaica-queens-new-york-i-br-original-hand-inked-document-p-robinson-oakley-center","title":"\u003ccenter\u003e 1815 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Jamaica , Queens , New York \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Original Hand Inked Document \u003cp\u003e Robinson + Oakley \u003c\/center\u003e","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e1815\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eJamaica, Queens, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEarly American \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLegal Manuscript – Guardianship Appointment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e1815 early American hand-inked legal manuscript from Jamaica, Queens County, New York. Issued and signed by Surrogate Joseph Robinson, this document officially appoints Jacob Jackson as guardian to nine-year-old minor James Oakley Jackson following the death of his father, Timothy Jackson. Written in iron gall ink on paper, featuring an intact blind-embossed paper seal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eTranscribed:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe People of the State of New-York, by the Grace of God free and Independent * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To Jacob Jackson of the County of Queen[s] and State of New-York, Send Greeting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhereas James Oakley Jackson an Infant Child of Timothy [Deceased] of the County aforesaid has by his Petition presented To Joseph Robinson Surrogate of our said County, bearing date The 22d Day of Instant set forth [that he] the said James Oakley Jackson was an Infant [under the] Age of Twenty one Years, To wit The said James Oakley Jackson, of Nine years and one Month. and that he The said James Oakley Jackson by The Death of James Oakley became Entitled to a Certain Real \u0026amp; Personal Estate, and for as much as the said James Oakley Jackson is an Infant under the Age of Twenty One years, and Incapable of managing his Estate prayed the aid of the said Surrogate to allow Jacob Jackson to be his Guardian during his Minority. According to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, Entitled an Act Authorizing Surrogates to appoint Guardians for Infants, Passed April 5th 1802 and The said Jacob Jackson having Executed a Bond with sufficient Surety to the said Infant According to The said Act, and in pursuance Thereof the said Jacob Jackson is hereby allowed and appointed to be and become The Guardian of the said James Oakley Jackson during his minority According to The Tenor and Effect of said Act, In Testimony whereof we have Caused The Seal of Office of Our said Surrogate to be hereunto Affixed– Witness Joseph Robinson Surrogate of our said County, at Jamaica in the County of Queens on the twenty-second Day of April In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifteen and of Our Independence The thirty Ninth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoseph Robinson Surrogate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIssued and signed by \u003cb\u003eJoseph Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e during his final year as Surrogate of Queens County. Prior to his decades of judicial service, Robinson was a key Patriot leader during the American Revolution, representing Queens County as a delegate to the New York Provincial Congress (1775–1776) and taking an active role in mobilizing the local Patriot militia in a heavily Loyalist region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 60%; vertical-align: 0.7ex;\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\/\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 60%; vertical-align: -0.3ex;\"\u003e8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e x \u003cstrong\u003e7\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 60%; vertical-align: 0.7ex;\"\u003e7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\/\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 60%; vertical-align: -0.3ex;\"\u003e8 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003einches (folded)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaper toned, wear and chipping to edges, heavy wear at folds. 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