Ten Broek, Dirck W., fl. 1755 Deposition regarding the actions of Benjamin Franklin in Taghkanic
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02939 Author/Creator: Ten Broek, Dirck W., fl. 1755 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: [1755/11/21] Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 33.4 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy
Dirck W. Ten Broek, a Justice of the Peace for Albany, relates the deposition given to him on 21 November 1755, regarding the actions of Benjamin Franklin, who recently took over the house of Johannis Van Deusen at Taghkanic in the Manor of Livingston. According to the deponents, Franklin claimed that he purchased the land, and it no longer belonged to Robert Livingston, Jr. or the province of New York. Rather, Taghkanic was now within the colony of Massachusetts.
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