The following persons were mentioned in the Committee of Observation, : as proper to be elected for a General Committee for the city and county of New-York, in the present alarming exigency. ... The following are the names as deputies for the city and county of New-York ... in Provincial Congress, on Monday the 22d of May next. ... To the freeholders and freemen of the city and county of New-York. We regret, gentlemen, the necessity we are under of addressing you ...

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

[New York]

[John Holt]

1775-04-28
[1775]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 43 x 26 cm

Includes names of 100 persons offered as members of the General Committee (also known as the Committee of One Hundred) and 20 persons offered as deputies for the city and county of New York to serve in Provincial Congress. Names of candidates printed in three columns divided by ornamental rules. Signed and dated at bottom: Isaac Low, chairman. New-York, April 28, 1775. Printed with same type ornaments as similar publication Evans 14325, attributed to Holt. References: Bristol B4074; Reilly, E.C. Colonial printers’ ornaments 576, 577.

Broadsides -- SY1775 no.1
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Elections--New York (State)

General Committee for the City and County of New-York
New York (Colony). Provincial Congress--Elections, 1775

New York (State)--Politics and government--1775-1783

broadsides (notices)

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