663. JOHN LANSING, JR. (1754-1829) American politician. Member of the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, Secretary to General Schuyler (1775-1776), Mayor of Albany (1786), Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court (1790-1798), Chancellor of the State of NY who financed a topographic and geologic study of the Helderberg and Catskill Mountains by Amos Eaton. A.E.S. as President of the Albany & Schenectady Turnpike Company penned at the bottom of an A.D.S. by Revolutionary War officer ELISHA PUTNAM, 1p. 4to., Albany, Sep. 12, 1805, ordering treasurer Barent Bleeker to make payment for stones needed to construct the turnpike. At bottom, Lansing approves the payment of $72.65 on Sept. 17, 1805. Very good. $200-300