To the public. The Provincial Congress of New-York, yesterday passed a resolve in the following words: : to wit, "That no military officer in the pay of the Continental Congress, or the Congress of this colony, ought to be eligible to a seat in the Congress of this colony ... In Provincial Congress, New-York, the ninth day of June, 1776. To John Morin Scott, Esquire, Greeting: Whereas the Continental Congress by their resolutions ... appoint you, the said John Morin Scott, provincial brigadier general ..., recto

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

[New York]

1776-06-09
[1776]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 40 x 22 cm

Attack on the resolution prohibiting a military officer from serving in the New York legislature. Includes a statement of Scott’s commission from the Provincial Congress, dated New-York, the ninth day of June 1776. Signed at bottom: John Morin Scott. References: Bristol B4382.

Broadsides -- SY1776 no.25
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Scott, John Morin, 1730-1784

New York (Colony). Provincial Congress--Qualifications

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

broadsides (notices)

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