Martin Van Buren Document Signed, Certifying the... Lot 13

Martin Van Buren Document Signed, Certifying the Election of Governor DeWitt Clinton Manuscript DS, signed “M. V. Buren Att'y Gen'l,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 6, 1817. State of New York document certifying the election of DeWitt Clinton as governor. In part: "We the Secretary, Attorney General, Comptroller and Treasurer of said State upon the canvass and estimate of the votes given at the last Election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor returned to the Secretary's office agreeable to Law, do, determine, declare and certify DeWitt Clinton was, by the greatest number of votes given at the said Election, duly elected Governor and John Tayler by the greatest number of votes duly elected Lieutenant Governor of said State." Neatly signed at the conclusion in ink by Secretary Charles D. Cooper, Attorney General Martin Van Buren, Comptroller Archibald McIntyre, and Treasurer Gerrit L. Dox. In fine condition. As governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton played a major role in the construction of the Erie Canal. Van Buren served as attorney general of New York from 1815 to 1819, and would briefly serve as governor for a three-month period at the beginning of 1829 before joining Andrew Jackson's administration as secretary of state. An interesting and important electoral document.