Autograph Letter from Stephen Lush to Jellis Jacob Fonda.

4 page letter sheet, I pp of text (13 lines of test), signed and mailed, remnant of wax seal, labeled duplicate, docketed on last page. Legible, probably a second copy made for legal purposes, signed by author, some wear at folds, and some staining, second sheet split and cracked a bit, but text page in very good condition. Interesting letter that appears to have the wrong date on the front page. What appears to be January 20, 1706, should read January 20 1786, according to the docketted date on the last page. The letter is written by Stephen Lush (1753-1825) to Jellis Jacob Fonda (1751-1839). It relates to taxes on land in New York owned jointly by Lush and Fonda. John Lansing, an attorney and former delegate to the Constitutional Convention seems to have resquested the payment of one shilling per acre on the 40,000 of acres they own jointly. Provides some interesting content on land taxation for the period. Lush practiced law in Albany until the War for Independence; he was commissioned a captain, and saw action in New York City, but was captured by the British. Major Fonda was considered one of the first patriots of Schenectady, and after Lexington he formed a company of Minutemen. He fought in the Campaign against Burgoyne and at the Battle of Bemis Heights. Fonda organization website. ny education government website..