The following are recommended as proper persons to represent the city and county of New-York, in Provincial Congress. : The election will commence on Tuesday next, being the 16th of April, 1776 …

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

[New York]

[John Holt]

1776-04-13
[1776]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 12 x 21 cm

Election ticket, listing Col. M’Dougall, Robert Ray, John Van Cortlandt, and eighteen others, followed by an address exhorting the inhabitants of New York to vote "for men of virtue and knowledge" in the upcoming election. Election ticket followed by: To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York. Signed: The Sentinel. Dated: April 13, 1776. One of four different tickets issued for this election. Cf. Becker. Imprint from Evans 15108. Names in 3 columns separated by type ornament rules. Also issued as separate broadsides. Two issues noted. A: first line "The following are recommended ... " 155 mm.; first line "To the inhabitants ... " 149 mm. B: "The following ... " 158 mm.; "To the inhabitants ... " 152 mm. New-York Historical copy no. 1 state A on one sheet. Copy 2 state B "The following ... " on separate sheet 12 x 21 cm. Copy 3 state B "To the inhabitants ... " on separate sheet 26 x 21 cm. References: Evans 14757, 15108; Becker, C. L. History of political parties in the province of New-York (1960), p. 257-258.

Broadsides -- SY1776 no. 12 copy 2
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Elections--New York (State)--New York

New York (Colony). Provincial Congress--Elections, 1776

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

ballots
broadsides (notices)

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