Boerum, Simon (1724-1775) Politician from Brooklyn, New York; represented NY in the Continental Congress. He helped defeat the Galloway Plan for union and reconciliation with Great Britain. His early death in July 1775 makes him one of the most difficult members of the Continental Congress to find. Rare Autograph Document Signed in the text, 4pp, 13 x 8 in., New York, Aug. 24, 1768. Being the Last Will and Testament of Weynant Bennet, who appoints Boerum as one of the three executors of the will. Usual folds, some minor marginal chips, some of which are repaired, else very good. Transcript of the will included. Boerum almost never comes on the market.
Estimated Value $600 - 900.
Ex Walter Benjamin Autographs, 1951; Collection of Henry E. Luhrs.
U.S. Revolutionary War
