John Jay (1745 1829 American jurist and statesman member of the Continental Congress who also helped Franklin negotiate peace with Great Britain first Chief Justice of the supreme Court D.S. as Governor of New York Ip. oblong folio Albany, Feb 14 1799 a partly printed appointment of George Hale as coroners of Ulster County Tiny paper loss at fold junctions a few splits carefully repaired on verso seal detached but intact otherwise very good