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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Special Note: This document can be viewed online at: https://ir.stonybrook.edu/xmlui/handle/11401/66226
Title
George Clinton Autographed Signed Letter: February 21, 1793
Collection Number
SC 423
OCLC Number
426035296
Creator
George Clinton, 1739-1812
Provenance
Acquired from Alexander Autographs in November 2008.
Extent,Scope, and Content Note
Autographed letter signed by George Clinton, Governor of New York.
Date: February 21, 1793; written from New York.
Docketed on verso by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State: "Clinton Govr. N. York
Feb 21, 93 recd. Feb 25."
Dimensions: 22.5 cm. x 18.5 cm.
Arrangement and Processing Note
Processed and finding aid by Kristen J. Nyitray, February 2009. Updated May 2019.
Language
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.
Rights and Permissions
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection
does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole
responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials
to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission
where needed prior to publication.
Citation
George Clinton Autographed Signed Letter (1793),Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.
Historical Note
In this letter, George Clinton, the first Governor of New York writes to his friend
Thomas Jefferson, the man whom would later be elected as Vice President, in regard
to the transfer of land in Montauk, Long Island, New York to the United States of
America. The Second United States Congress under president George Washington subsequently
appropriated $20,000 on March 2, 1793 to build a lighthouse in Montauk. Construction
of the lighthouse located on Turtle Hill began on June 7, 1796 and was completed on
November 5, 1796. With New York State through Governor Clinton "ceding the Jurisdiction
of certain Lands on Montauck Point" to the infant United States, the establishment
of one of the nation's earliest historic national monuments was made possible.
Subjects
Clinton, George, -- 1739-1812 -- Correspondence.
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Correspondence.
Governors -- New York (State) -- Correspondence.
Montauk Point (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources.
Clinton, George, -- 1739-1812.
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826.
Governors.
New York (State)
New York (State) -- Montauk Point.
INVENTORY
Transcription
New York 21st Feb 1793
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit you
(herewith enclosed) an Exemplification of an Act of the
Legislature of this State ceding the Jurisdiction of certain
Lands on Montauck Point to the United States of America
for the Purposes in the said Act mentioned to be
with the highest respect.
Your
Most
Obedient Servant
Geo Clinton
The Honorable
Thomas Jefferson Esq
Secretary of State
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