Chew, Joseph - Loyalist (1722?-1798) Appointed secretary to the Indian department due to the influence of Sir William Johnson; he fought on the Loyalist side, was captured near Long Island and paroled. Appointed agent for Canadian Indians in the 1780s. Manuscript Document Signed ("Jos Chew"), 2pp, 13 x 8½ in. May 23, 1766. Headed "List of Debts Due to Joseph Chew," the first page lists monies due Chew in the amount of 592 pounds. On the second page, Chew acknowledges that he is in debt to William Bayard & Company of New York and he assigns the debts due him to Bayard. Some bleed-through and erosion from iron-gall ink, both affecting Chew's signature. Chew lived in Connecticut and New York before the war.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
U.S. Revolutionary War
