1796 Philadelphia Stampless Letter Multiple Federalist Era Notables Signed ALS

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1796 Philadelphia Stampless Letter Multiple Federalist Era Notables Signed ALS :
$95.00

This is an original 1796 stampless letter relating to three Federalist Era early American notables. This is an autograph letter signed sent by Ezekiel Gilbert to Nicholas Low with an additional inscription and autograph on the verso by Ambrose Spencer. All three men were born in Colonial America and became important figures during the Revolutionary War and Federalist Eras.
In this letter is dated 6th January 1796 from Philadelphia, Ezekiel Gilbert writes to Nicholas Low and asks that the balance of the contact now due of about $325 from W. Norton of Ontario be advanced to Ambrose Spencer and indicates “…I am ready to execute whenever a proper Deed is presented me for the purpose, which is not here in my power to frain – with due respect, I am your Humble Sevt Ezekiel Gilbert”
The letter’s address panel reads “Mr. Nicholas Low – Mer. New York” and Low’s name appears at the bottom of the letter next to Gilbert’s signature.
The verso has a note written and signed by Ambrose Spencer which indicates “..received of W. Nicholas Low in behalf of Ezekiel Gilbert Esq. the sum of three hundred eighteen dollars & seventy five cents by virtue of this order – Ambrose Spencer”
This letter is a single sheet that folds open to about 9.75” x 16”. There is a small notch off the edge of the blank side not affecting any of the writing where the letter was cut open around the wax seal which is still attached along with the triangular paper notch from the opposite edge. This letter is an original antique from 1796, fully complete, legible and in very good condition overall.
The following is biographical information on Low, Gilbert and Spencer from Wikipedia: Nicholas Low (March 30, 1739 – November 15, 1826) was an American merchant and developer from New York City. He developed properties in upstate New York, including Lowville (in Lewis County) which was named for him.[1]
Nicholas Low was born in the Raritan Landing section of Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey and was the younger brother of Isaac Low.[2] Their father, Cornelius Low Jr., was a well-established merchant and shipper who had brought prominence to the community of Raritan Landing. The elder Low also had built the Cornelius Low House, a magnificent 1741 Georgian mansion. Like his brother, Nicholas became a prominent merchant (Low & Wallace) in New York before the revolution. Unlike Isaac, he remained a supporter of the rebel cause during the American Revolution.
Low became active in civic and state affairs for a decade. A power vacuum was created in the city when the Loyalist population, including his brother Isaac, left with the British Army evacuated in 1783. Nicholas served in the New York state assembly from 1797 to 1799 and attended the state\'s 1788 convention that ratified the United States Constitution.
In the turmoil that followed the revolution, Low acquired several large tracts of land in upstate New York. At first these were purchased as speculations, but Low turned his attention to their development. He laid out townsites and divided his holdings to sell both land and lots. He is particularly tied with the early development of the City of Watertown and the Town of Lowville.
In later years Low turned his attention to developing his own properties. He built a hotel and factories in the Town of Ballston (Saratoga County).
His daughter, Henrietta Liston Low, married Charles King, son of U.S. Senator Rufus King. Nicholas married Alice Halliburton. Nicholas Low died in 1826 at his home in New York City.[3]
Ezekiel Gilbert (March 25, 1756 – July 17, 1841) was an American lawyer and politician from Hudson, New York. He served in the state Assembly and represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 until 1797.
Gilbert was born in Middletown, Connecticut on March 25, 1756; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1778; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hudson, N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1789 and 1790; elected as a Pro-Administration candidate to the Third Congress and reelected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1797); resumed the practice of law; again a member of the State assembly in 1800 and 1801; clerk of Columbia County 1813–1815; died in Hudson, New York on July 17, 1841.Ambrose Spencer (December 13, 1765, Salisbury, Connecticut – March 13, 1848, Lyons, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
He attended Yale College from 1779–82, and graduated from Harvard University in 1783. He studied law with John Canfield (ca.1740-1786) at Sharon, Connecticut, with John Bay at Claverack, New York, and with Ezekiel Gilbert at Hudson, New York. He married John Canfield\'s daughter Laura (1768–1807) in 1784. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hudson, NY, where he was city clerk from 1786-93. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1793–95, and of the New York State Senate from 1795 to 1804.
From 1796 to 1801, he was Assistant Attorney General for the Third District, comprising Columbia and Rensselaer counties. He was New York Attorney General from 1802 to 1804. From 1804 to 1819, he was an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court, and Chief Justice from 1819 until the end of 1822. He was legislated out of office by the State Constitution of 1821. Governor Joseph C. Yates nominated him to be re-appointed, but this was rejected by Bucktails majority in the State Senate, Spencer having been the longtime leader of the Clintonians.
Spencer was a presidential elector in 1808; a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821; and Mayor of Albany from 1824 to 1826. In 1825, he was the Clintonian candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, and received a majority in the State Assembly. The Bucktails majority in the State Senate did not nominate any candidate, thus preventing Spencer\'s election on joint ballot. The seat remained vacant until the election of Nathan Sanford in 1826. Afterwards Spencer resumed the practice of law in Albany.
He was elected to the 21st United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1831; during this Congress, he was a member of the Committee on Agriculture. He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Judge James H. Peck of the U.S. District Court for the District of Missouri. In 1839, he moved to Lyons, New York, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He presided over the 1844 Whig National Convention in Baltimore, Maryland.
Death
In 1848, he died in Lyons and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.
Legacy
The University of Pennsylvania awarded him the degree of LL.D. in 1819, and Harvard the same in 1821.
Family
His son John Canfield Spencer was U.S. Secretary of War and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. His grandson Philip Spencer was executed for mutiny in 1842.
After the death of Ambrose\'s first wife Laura Canfield (1768–1807), he married Mary Clinton (1773–1808, sister of Governor DeWitt Clinton). After Mary\'s death, he married her sister Katherine Clinton (1778–1837).
U.S Representative James B. Spencer was a distant cousin of him.

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