How History Unfolds on Paper: Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part IX

[BILLIARDS]. Autograph document signed, Albany, 12 June 1777. One-page, oblong 32mo (83 x 159 mm), old folds. A Revolutionary War-era bill for a billiards club dues, from a Van Bergen to Samuel Page. The Van Bergens were a prominent family in Albany at the time, producing the likes of Anthony Van Bergan that led the New York Militia Eleventh (Van Bergen’s) Regiment in the American Revolution and in July 1777, was called up to reinforce General Horatio Gates’ Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign.