Gov Jos. Yates Signature Publius Woodford to Ensign 98 Rgmt NY Inf Sept 1, 1824 For Sale

Offered here is an original 19th century military appointment document"Appointment Of Publius Woodford to Ensign 98th Regiment NY Infantry Sept 1, 1824, Signed by Governor of NY Joseph C. Yates". Was purchased at a local sale with other documents. This will be shipped unfolded as found - inside plastic, between stiff cardboard and with delivery confirmation. Joseph Christopher Yates (November 9, 1768 – March 19, 1837) was an American lawyer, politician, statesman, and founding trustee of Union College. He served as 7th Governor of New York, from January 1, 1823 – December 31, 1824. He was born in 1768 in Schenectady in the Province of New York in the colonial era, Yates rose during the early Federal period after the United States gained independence in the American Revolutionary War. He read the law with an established firm and passed the bar. Yates served as the mayor of Schenectady (beginning in 1798 as the first mayor of the city), being appointed successively to twelve one-year terms. In 1805 he was elected as a state senator, in 1808 as a State Supreme Court justice, and in 1823 as the seventh governor of New York (1823–1824). Yates is the only Governor of New York to have been born in Schenectady County, which was settled in the early Dutch colonial period. In his public life, Yates served also as a founding Trustee of Union College, established in 1795 in Schenectady. The private college became well known. Yates also served as President of the Schenectady Savings Bank. Yates was selected as a presidential elector in 1828.From Wikipedia.

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