JOHN JAY. DOCUMENT SIGNED AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 4 MARCH 1797, APPOINTING RICHARD VARICK'S MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY

One page (9 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.; 238 x 329 mm) on vellum, New York [Albany], 4 March 1797, counter-signed on the verso by Jasper Hopper as New York Deputy Secretary of State, with autograph attestation signed by Robert Benson as Clerk of the City of New York on the verso; library rubber stamp to verso. Accompanied by large paper and wax seal with “The Great Seal of the State of New York”.