40 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 11, 1822. Claim Denied Of Jacob Barker, Financier

[40] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 11, 1822. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jacob Barker, of the City of New York.
Jacob Barker was requesting reimbursement of monies from the government, but his claim was denied as the Senate concluded that he had the court system in which to prevail his claims but also his claiming of bankruptcy under the State of New York law, invalidated his claim. The Senate said NO.
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Measurement: 8.75 by 5.5 inches
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Jacob Barker (December 17, 1779 – December 26, 1871) was an American financier and lawyer. He and others were involved in the funding of the War of 1812. He went to New York at the age of 16, engaged in trade, and soon amassed a considerable fortune. In May 1811, he hired Connecticut native Fitz-Greene Halleck,[3] who remained in his employ for twenty years. Early in the War of 1812 he was instrumental in securing a loan of $5,000,000 for the national government.

In 1815, he founded the Exchange Bank of New York. He was a member of the New York State Senate in 1816, serving alongside Peter R. Livingston and Darius Crosby and representing the Southern District, which consisted of Dutchess, Kings, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester counties. Subsequently, he became interested in many other large financial institutions in the city, including the Life and Fire Insurance Company, on the failure of which in 1826 he, with several others, was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. At first, he acted as his own lawyer, however, eventually eminent attorneys Benjamin F. Butler and Thomas Addis Emmet (1764–1827) were counsels for his defense. The jury disagreed on the first trial and convicted Barker on the second trial; but an appeal was granted, and the indictment was finally quashed.

Historically, in the burning of the White House by the British in 1814. Dolley Madison directed Paul Jennings, gardener John McGraw, and John Sioussat to remove the Gilbert Stuart oil painting of Colonial America's First President George Washington from the East Room. The painting was given to Jacob Barker and Robert Gilbert Livingston De Peyster for safe passage during the progression of the War of 1812. Mr. Barker and Mr. De Peyster routed the iconic portrait through Montgomery County while consistently distant to the boundary markers of the District of Columbia. As the daylight hours retreated and a vortex storm approached Washington City, Mr. Barker and Mr. De Peyster sought refuge for the night at a farmhouse near Tiber Creek which was a tributary of the Potomac River. The George Washington painting remained at the farmhouse as Mr. Barker and Mr. De Peyster proceeded their northern journey towards New York while eluding the British Royal Army and Naval commands who occupied the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay territories. It was recovered afterwards and placed into the new White House.

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