RARE Manuscript Document Signed E W Laight et al- Eagle Fire Co New York NY 1838

Description: RARE Important Manuscript Document Release of Mortgage - Eagle Fire Company of New York Signed by President & General - Edward W. Laight - and others Release of Mortgage from Watson E. Lawrence to Eagle Fire Co. City of New York 1838 For offer, a nice old piece of ephemera! Fresh from a prominent estate in Upstate NY. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Old, Original, Antique, NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !! Interesting and important document - release of mortgage - Watson E. Lawrence to Eagle Fire Company, New York, NY - 1838. Signed by prominent citizen - General, and President of the Eagle Fire Company for thirty years (1816-1846), Edward William Laight - he studied law with Aaron Burr. See below for more. Also signed by Thomas L. Wells, a prominent lawyer. Signed by clerk - D.H. Nash? at bottom of second part. In good to very good condition. Fold marks - Light archival repair to support folds on back. Please see photos. If you collect 19th century Americana history, American documents, United States of America, etc. this is a treasure you will not see again! Add this to your image or paper / ephemera collection. Important genealogy research importance too. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! 2269 Edward William Laight (1773-1852) was from a prominent merchant family in New York City. He graduated from King's College, later Columbia College, and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1796 after studying in the office of Aaron Burr. He served in the New York State militia, attaining the rank of Major-General in 1819. For thirty years he was president of the Eagle Fire Company, and a vestryman for Trinity Church and president of the board of trustees of the New York Dispensary. Besides paintings, prints of him were also made - including one by Saint Memin. Edward W. Laight President for Thirty Years . His Life and Public Service . Special Report of Loss Record on Manufacturing Risks . Association of Companies adopts New General Classification and Increases Rates . Sample of Early Financial Statements . Assets called '*Clear Estate" . Regular Dividends in Spite of Excessive Losses . Thomas Glover Elected Secretary. T the annual meeting of the directors in May, 1816, Henry I. WyckofF resigned the presi- dency and Edward William Laight was elected to succeed him. General Laight had been a director since 181 1 and had served on several of the standing committees. He was born in 1773 and was a great grandson of William Laight, who came from England to New York about the beginning of the Eighteenth century. His father, William Laight, had been a successful merchant and a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce. The family was conspicuous in commercial and social life in the Colonial days. Ed- ward W. Laight had graduated with distinction at Colum- bia College, then known as Kings College, and was ad- mitted to the New York bar in August, 1796, after studying in the office of Aaron Burr. In 1785 he married Elizabeth Colden, the daughter of Cadwallader D. Colden. She died without issue in 1799. In 1802 he married Ann Elliott Huger, daughter of Daniel Huger of Charleston, S.C. General Laight was an officer in the New York State militia, becoming Major-General in 18 19. He was a vestry- man of Trinity Church for nearly thirty years, practically contemporaneous with his service as president of the Eagle Fire Company. His personality was striking and 59 Centennial History attractive and in early life he is said to have been remark- able for his manly beauty. He was for nearly thirty years president of the Board of Trustees of the New York Dispensary. A clear-headed and capable executive, he brought the Eagle Company through many trying vicissi- tudes, including the disastrous fire of 1835. After the fire, in the fall of 1845, being then in advanced years, he resigned from the directory as well as from the presi- dency. He died in 1852. Thomas Lawrence Wells graduated from Columbia College before attending the Law School. After completing his studies he returned to New York City and opened a law office with Gerrit Van Wagenan, who had also graduated from the Litchfield Law School in 1823. Their firm, Wells & Van Wagenan, lasted for over seventeen years. In addition, Wells acted as a trustee for Columbia College for over twenty-two years between 1837 and 1859. He died at his wife's family home "Elm Farm" in New Brunswick, NJ. Obituary : Lawrence, Watson Effingham, died at Newtown, L. I., September 16, 1872. He was the son of Effingham and Elizabeth (Watson) Lawrence, and lineally descended from William Lawrence, one of the original patentees of Flushing. He was born in the City of New York, August 13th, 1788, and married Januarj^ 4th, "1810, Augusta Maria, daughter of John Nicoll, Esq , of New Haven Conn. In 1808, he succeeded his father and his uncle, John B. Lawrence, in the wholesale di'ug business, at No. 195 Pearl street, next door below the corner of Maiden Lane, but continued that business only about one year, when he removed to No. 250 Pearl street, and engaged in the dry goods jobbing business, with Epenetus Piatt, under the lirm of Lawrence & Piatt. In 1815, their partner- ship was dissolved, and Mr. Lawrence, in the following year, associated himself with Henrj' Walworth, in the dry goods importing business, under the lirm of W. E. Law- rence

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