Articles of agreement made and concluded upon, in [blank] on the [blank] 177[blank] between the owners, captain, officers and mariners belonging to the [blank] commanded by [blank] bound from [blank] on a cruize for [blank] months against the enemies of the [blank] United States of North-America.
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By His Excellency George Clinton, Esquire, governor of the state of New-York, &c. &c. &c. To [blank] greeting. : Pursuant to the authority in me vested, by an act of the legislature, entitled, "An act for raising two regiments for the defence of this state, on bounties of unappropriated lands: I do by these presents ... appoint you a [blank] in one of the said regiments ...
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New York (State). Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton) ; Clinton, George, 1739-1812
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Committee of Safety, New-York, January 27, 1776. : Instructions to the colonels, and other officers, for inlistment of four new battalions in the Continental service, for the defence of the colony of New-York …
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New York (State). Committee of Safety ; Loudon, Samuel, 1727?-1813 ; Gaine, Hugh, 1726 or 7-1807 ; Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 ; Forbes, William A. ; Van Hook, Arondt, d. 1798? ; Fairley, J. S. ; Woodhull, Nathaniel, 1722-1776 ; New York (Colony). Provincial Congress
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George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland ... Whereas, by a statute made and passed ... An act to prohibit all trade and intercourse with the colonies ... and also two acts made in the last session ... and whereas by a certain other statute ... An act for enabling the commissioners ... to grant commissions ... to take and make prizes ... three of our commissioners ... by their warrant ... the fourth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight ... appointed our trusty and well-beloved William Tryon ...
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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III) ; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 ; Bayard, Robert ; Rivington, James, 1724-1802 ; Brien, Mathew ; McDonald, James ; Etherington, Robert ; Philips, Jonathan ; Ross, David ; Stewart, William ; Robertson, James, 1717-1788 ; Whatman, James, 1741-1798 ; New York (Colony). Governor (1771-1780 : Tryon) ; New York (State). Governor (1780-1783 : Robertson) ; Surprize (Schooner) ; St. Patrick (Schooner) ; Trimmer (Schooner)
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I [blank] being made a prisoner of war, by the Army of the Thirteen United Colonies in North-America, do promise and engage, on my word and honour, and on the faith of a gentleman, to depart from hence to [blank] in the province of [blank] being the place of my destination, and residence ...
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United States. Continental Army
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In Committee of Safety for the colony of New-York, the [blank] day of [blank] 1775. : To [blank] Greeting: By virtue of the authority reposed in us by the Provincial Congress of the said colony,--we do hereby nominate, authorize, constitute and appoint you [blank] of the [blank] ...
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New York (State). Committee of Safety ; McKesson, John, 1734-1798 ; Haring, John, 1739-1809
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In Congress, September 26, 1778 : Resolved, that a house be provided at the city or place where Congress shall sit, wherein shall be held the several offices of the Treasury …
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United States. Continental Congress ; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
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In Council. Philadelphia, July 9th, 1778. : Sir, As it is of great importance to the reputation of the state, that attention be paid to the settlement of the public accounts in due time …
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Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council ; Bryan, George, 1731-1791 ; Lacey, John, 1755-1814 recipient ; Pennsylvania. Council of Safety. In Council of Safety. Lancaster, 21st October, 1777
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In Provincial Congress for the colony of New-York, the [blank] day of [blank] 1776. : To [blank] Greeting: By virtue of the authority reposed in us, we do hereby nominate, authorize, constitute and appoint you [blank] of the [blank] hereby requiring you ... subscribe in presence of the chairman ... the rules and orders for regulating the militia of the colony of New-York, recommended by the Provincial Congress on the 22d day of August 1775 ...
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Hasbrouck, Abraham ; Benson, Robert, 1739-1823 ; Woodhull, Nathaniel, 1722-1776
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Instructions for the inlisting of men [copy 1]
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Holt, John, 1721-1784 ; Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 1710-1792
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Instructions for the inlisting of men [copy 2], recto.
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Holt, John, 1721-1784 ; Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 1710-1792 ; Concklin, Philip ; Grenell, John ; Philipse, William
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Instructions for the inlisting of men [copy 2], verso.
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Holt, John, 1721-1784 ; Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 1710-1792 ; Concklin, Philip ; Grenell, John ; Philipse, William
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Instructions for the inlisting of men [copy 3], recto.
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Holt, John, 1721-1784 ; Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 1710-1792 ; Yates, Abraham, 1724-1796 ; Vrooman, Peter B. ; Wempel, Myndert A. ; Fonda, Jellis, 1729-1791 ; Ten Eyck, Barent J.
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Instructions for the inlisting of men [copy 3], verso.
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Holt, John, 1721-1784 ; Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 1710-1792 ; Yates, Abraham, 1724-1796 ; Vrooman, Peter B. ; Wempel, Myndert A. ; Fonda, Jellis, 1729-1791 ; Ten Eyck, Barent J.
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Instructions for the inlisting of men.
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Holt, John, 1721-1784 ; Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 1710-1792 ; Yates, Abraham, 1724-1796 ; Concklin, Philip ; Grenell, John ; Philipse, William ; Vrooman, Peter B. ; Wempel, Myndert A. ; Fonda, Jellis, 1729-1791 ; Ten Eyck, Barent J.
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Know all men by these presents, that we [blank] are held and firmly bound to [blank] president of the Congress of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to be paid to the said [blank] ... in trust for the use of the said United Colonies ...
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New-York, [blank] This is to certify, that the bearer [blank] has, in my presence, subscribed to the declaration, agreeable to the terms of their Excellencies the Commissioners proclamation, dated at New-York, 30th November, 1776.
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Macdonald, Donald, d. 1782 ; Cameron, Alexander, d. 1789 ; Ketcham, John ; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 ; New York (Colony). Governor (1771-1780 : Tryon)
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Sir, By virtue of the authority vested in us by certain resolutions of the Congress of the colony of New-York, of the [blank] day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1776, reciting, that whereas there are in this colony, divers persons, who ... have been considered by their countrymen in a suspicious light ... : We do therefore, in pursuance of the said resolutions, summon you to appear before us, at [blank] on [blank] day of [blank] at [blank] o’clock, in the [blank] noon. of the said day, to shew cause, (if any you have) why you should be considered as a friend to the American cause ..., recto
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress. Committee on Loyalists ; Holt, John, 1721-1784 ; Fowler, Solomon ; Gansevoort, Leonard, 1751-1810 ; Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778 ; Tredwell, Thomas, 1743-1831 ; Graham, Lewis ; Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 ; Randall, Thomas, 1711-1780
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Sir, By virtue of the authority vested in us by certain resolutions of the Congress of the colony of New-York, of the [blank] day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1776, reciting, that whereas there are in this colony, divers persons, who ... have been considered by their countrymen in a suspicious light ... : We do therefore, in pursuance of the said resolutions, summon you to appear before us, at [blank] on [blank] day of [blank] at [blank] o’clock, in the [blank] noon. of the said day, to shew cause, (if any you have) why you should be considered as a friend to the American cause ...
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress. Committee on Loyalists ; Holt, John, 1721-1784 ; Fowler, Solomon ; Gansevoort, Leonard, 1751-1810 ; Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778 ; Tredwell, Thomas, 1743-1831 ; Graham, Lewis ; Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 ; Randall, Thomas, 1711-1780
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Sir, By virtue of the authority vested in us by certain resolutions of the Congress of the colony of New-York, of the [blank] day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1776, reciting, that whereas there are in this colony, divers persons, who ... have been considered by their countrymen in a suspicious light ... : We do therefore, in pursuance of the said resolutions, summon you to appear before us, at [blank] on [blank] day of [blank] at [blank] o’clock, in the [blank] noon. of the said day, to shew cause, (if any you have) why you should be considered as a friend to the American cause ..., verso
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress. Committee on Loyalists ; Holt, John, 1721-1784 ; Fowler, Solomon ; Gansevoort, Leonard, 1751-1810 ; Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778 ; Tredwell, Thomas, 1743-1831 ; Graham, Lewis ; Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 ; Randall, Thomas, 1711-1780
