Abraham de Peyster was mayor of New York from 1692 to 1694.
Scott Monje
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From: David Minor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:30 PM
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Subject: Jacob Marius Cup
The following is dialogue with Yale Art Gallery. Any clarification would
be
appreciated by both of us. Thanks - David Minor
Your website mentions that on July 8, 1693, the New York City Council
mentions a cup made by Jacob Marius for presentation to the Governor --
where did you find this info?
The source is the second chapter of Hugh Macatamney's "Cradle Days of
New
York." (New York, 1909, Drew &Lewis).
QUOTE:
"Further, it was ordered 'that the mayor doe provide a cup of gold to
the
> value of one hundred pounds, to be presented unto his excellency on
behalf
> of this city, as a token of their gratitude.' The mayor bought of
Peter
> Jacob Marius twenty ounces of gold for the cup, at a cost of L106, for
> which he and others gave their bonds, and desired a fund might be
raised to
> pay the same, and it was ordered that the revenue of the ferry between
the
> city and Brooklyn, 'which doth annually arise, be not converted unto
any
> other use whatsoever until the said one hundred and six pounds be paid
as
> above.'"
I am trying to determine what Marius' other works were, when he worked,
etc.... None of his other work seems to have survived, so we were
thrilled
to find out that he may have once made a cup for Governor Fletcher.
Before
we state this, though I do want to be sure that he was the silvermsith
of
this tankard. The passage makes it sound as if the council only
purchased
the gold from Peter Jacob Marius, who was a merchant and the uncle of
Jacob
Marius the silversmith. Is there any direct mention of them hiring
Jacob
Marius to make the cup? Who was the mayor at this point, as it sounds
as
if he would have undertaken the commissioning.
David Minor
Eagles Byte Historical Research
Pittsford, New York
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