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Chester Arthur
Chester A. Arthur, born in Vermont in 1829, was a lawyer, Civil War quartermaster and New York political insider. His legal work helped end streetcar segregation in New York City and he held the key role of Collector for the Port of New York. This 1872 letter was from his legal work. Arthur joined the 1880 Republican ticket as vice president, becoming the 21st president after James Garfield’s assassination in 1881. Arthur modernized the U.S. Navy and surprised many by signing the Pendleton Act to reform civil service. Facing divided party support, Arthur left office in 1885 and died the following year.
In Supreme Court
State of New York
William H. Godwin Judgment
against 16 December 1872
Marquis D.L. Sharkey Decree 12000
Gertrude W. Sharkey Cost 643
and Joseph J. Yates
The above judgment having been settled herein, we, the undersigned, respective attorney of the above named parties, do hereby stipulate & consent, that an order be entered in above entitled action, vacating and removing both lis-pendens filed therein in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Onondaga, on the 20th day March 1867 and on the 25th day of March 1867 from the record and discharging the same as a lien upon the Real Estate therein described.
Dated New York July 1, 1879.
A. Arthur
Plaintiffs attorney
G. Cronin
Attorney for defendant
