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New York Supreme Court (under Robert Yates) Handwritten Document

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This is case of trespass brought against Toume(?) Donnelly by Peter Menie. Seated justice was Robert Yates. Handwritten transcription by F. Bloodgood, clerk (and signed by him). Francis Bloodgood was born on 12 June 1775 in Albany. He established a law firm in Albany in the State Hall on State Street. He became Director and President of the State Bank and President of the Albany Insurance Company. In the 1800 census his household had seven family members and four slaves. From 1797 to 1825 he was clerk of the New York Supreme Court.



Robert Yates, although not signed by him, presided over this case. He was an extremely important politician during the founding of this great country. Robert Yates was born January 27, 1738, in Schenectady, New York. He learned the craft of the surveyor and then decided to pursue a career in law. Surveying supplemented Yates' attorney's income as he made a number of important land maps during the 1760s. He drew the first civilian map of Albany in 1770.



From the beginning of the struggle for American independence, although he did not sign the Albany Sons of Liberty constitution of 1766, he was prominent in the local resistance to the Stamp Act. Beginning in the spring of 1775, Yates was elected to represent Albany in each of the four New York Provincial Congresses. The first three met in New York, while the last one, convened after the Declaration of Independence, met under duress in locations throughout the Hudson Valley. In 1776–77, he served on the committee that drafted the first New York State Constitution and also was a member of the "Secret Committee for Obstructing Navigation of the Hudson."



In October 1777, Yates was appointed to the New York State Supreme Court.



After the war ended, although principally an associate justice of the state Supreme Court, Yates maintained a modest legal practice and continued surveying as well. During the 1780s, his political star continued to rise in the "party" of Governor George Clinton as he spoke in opposition to the expansion of the scope of a national government. In 1787, he was appointed with John Lansing, Jr. and Alexander Hamilton to represent New York at the Philadelphia convention to revise the Articles of Confederation. Arriving in Philadelphia.



In 1788, Yates was elected as an antifederalist delegate to the New York State ratifying convention at Poughkeepsie, and worked against adoption of the Constitution. Among the leading antifederalists who attended the Poughkeepsie Convention, he was the most vocal delegate in support of protecting individual liberties. After the Poughkeepsie Convention ratified the Constitution with an accompanying request for amendments to protect individual liberties, Yates pledged his support as a matter of patriotic duty.



In 1789, he ran for governor against George Clinton with the support of the New York Anti-Federalists – who viewed him as a reasonable, potentially kindred spirit who was not from a wealthy family. He was defeated by Governor Clinton. In the gubernatorial campaign of 1795, considerable sentiment existed for Yates's candidacy as he was firmly established in the center of the former antifederal party. John Jay defeated him in a close election.



In September 1790, Yates was chosen Chief Justice of the New York State Supreme Court. He served until the mandatory retirement age of sixty in 1798.

HWAC# 57307 Date: 1798 Location: Albany, New York