Watch List notes:

Varick, Richard [signatory]. NEW YORK CITY TAVERN LICENSE BOND DATED MARCH 1, 1792. Printed document [32 by 19.5 cm] filled out by hand, being the agreement of Stephen Dolbeer that forfeit the sum of £50 New York lawful money if the tavern kept by him is found to be disorderly or in violation of various gambling regulations. The document is filled out in ink and is signed by New York Mayor Richard Varick. Docketed on verso. Folded in quarters; separation at fold. Very good or so. Richard Varick (1753–1831) served as Mayor of New York City from 1791 to 1801, and previously had been General George Washington's secretary during the later years of the Revolutionary War. Varick Street, where the American Numismatic Society is headquartered, is named after him. The bond requires one Stephen Dolbeer to forfeit the sum of £50 if he is found to "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..."