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Document 251266

RICHARD VARICK
The Mayor of New York City approves a liquor license for an Inn but it will be void if cock-fighting, playing with cards or dice, billiards or shuffle-board take place there.
Partly Printed DS: "Richd Varick" as Mayor of New York City, 1p, 8x12¾. New York, 1796 March 8. In full: "City of New-York. Be It Remembered, That on the Eighth Day of March in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six, before me, Richard Varick, Esquire, Mayor of the said City, personally appeared Uriah Burdge of the Third Ward, of the said City, and acknowledged himself to be indebted to the People of the State of New-York, in the Sum of Fifty Pounds, lawful Money of said State, to be levied of his Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, for the Use of the People of said State, if Failure shall be made in the Performance of the Condition following: Whereas the said Uriah Burgde on the Day of the Date hereof hath obtained a Licence (sic) to keep an Inn or Tavern for retailing strong or spirituous Liquors in his Dwelling-House, in the said City, from the Date of the said Licence (sic) until the first Day of March next. Now, the Condition of this Recognizance is such, That if the said Uriah Burdge do (sic) not, during the Time that he shall keep an Inn or Tavern, keep a disorderly Inn or Tavern, or suffer or permit any Cock-fighting, Gaming, or Playing with Cards or Dice, or keep any Billiard-Table, or other Gaming-Table, or Shuffle-Board, within the Inn or Tavern by him to be kept, or within any Out-House, Yard or Garden belonging thereunto; then this Recognizance to be void, else to remain in full Force." During the Revolutionary War, Varick was Military Secretary to General Philip Schuyler. He was also Aide-de-Camp to General Benedict Arnold and was examined by a court of inquiry after Arnold's defection. Varick was completely exonerated. Varick then served as General George Washington's Recording Secretary. From 1791-1801, he was Mayor of New York City. Shaded particularly at horizontal folds, 1 goes through the signature. Chipped at left edge. Bold 4½-inch signature. Overall, fine condition.

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