A Declaration, or Ordinance, of the Convention of the State of New-York, passed May 10, 1777, offering free pardon to such of the subjects of the said State, as, having committed treasonable acts against the same, shall return to their allegiance. Whereas divers of the subjects of this State, have been seduced from their allegiance to the same, by the arts of subtle and wicked emissaries from the enemy ... Extract from the minutes. Robert Benson, Sec’ry., verso
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New York (State). Convention of the Representatives (1776-1777) ; Loudon, Samuel, 1727?-1813
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A Declaration, or Ordinance, of the Convention of the State of New-York, passed May 10, 1777, offering free pardon to such of the subjects of the said State, as, having committed treasonable acts against the same, shall return to their allegiance. Whereas divers of the subjects of this State, have been seduced from their allegiance to the same, by the arts of subtle and wicked emissaries from the enemy ... Extract from the minutes. Robert Benson, Sec’ry., recto
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New York (State). Convention of the Representatives (1776-1777) ; Loudon, Samuel, 1727?-1813
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A Declaration, or Ordinance, of the Convention of the State of New-York, passed May 10, 1777, offering free pardon to such of the subjects of the said State, as, having committed treasonable acts against the same, shall return to their allegiance. Whereas divers of the subjects of this State, have been seduced from their allegiance to the same, by the arts of subtle and wicked emissaries from the enemy ... Extract from the minutes. Robert Benson, Sec’ry.
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New York (State). Convention of the Representatives (1776-1777) ; Loudon, Samuel, 1727?-1813
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Crean Brush account books, 1765-1766
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Brush, Crean, approximately 1725-1778
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Crean Brush account books,1765-1766
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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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In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New-York, Kingston, April 1, 1777. : Whereas from the want of courts properly instituted for the trial of treasons, and other offenses against this state ... resolved, that all such persons as have been, or shall be apprehended, in this state, without the enemy’s lines, by Continental or other American troops, as spies for the enemy, or for inlisting men into their service, or for furnishing supplies or intelligence to them, be tried for the said offences by martial law ...
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New York (State). Convention of the Representatives (1776-1777) ; Loudon, Samuel, 1727?-1813
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In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New-York. September 21, 1776. : Whereas divers of the inhabitants of this state have, by the wicked arts and insiduous [sic] and corrupt practices of William Tryon, Esq; late governor of the colony of New-York, and his adherents, been seduced to take part with our enemies ... Resolve, that a committee be appointed for the express purpose of enquiring into, detecting and defeating all conspiracies ..., verso
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New York (State). Convention of the Representatives (1776-1777) ; Loudon, Samuel, 1727?-1813 ; McKesson, John, 1734-1798
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In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New-York. September 21, 1776. : Whereas divers of the inhabitants of this state have, by the wicked arts and insiduous [sic] and corrupt practices of William Tryon, Esq; late governor of the colony of New-York, and his adherents, been seduced to take part with our enemies ... Resolve, that a committee be appointed for the express purpose of enquiring into, detecting and defeating all conspiracies ...
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New York (State). Convention of the Representatives (1776-1777) ; Loudon, Samuel, 1727?-1813 ; McKesson, John, 1734-1798
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In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New-York. September 21, 1776. : Whereas divers of the inhabitants of this state have, by the wicked arts and insiduous [sic] and corrupt practices of William Tryon, Esq; late governor of the colony of New-York, and his adherents, been seduced to take part with our enemies ... Resolve, that a committee be appointed for the express purpose of enquiring into, detecting and defeating all conspiracies ..., recto
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New York (State). Convention of the Representatives (1776-1777) ; Loudon, Samuel, 1727?-1813 ; McKesson, John, 1734-1798
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In Council of Safety, for the state of New-York, Kingston, August 13, 1777. : Whereas many people have taken the benefit of the late act of grace, merely to avoid the punishment of their crimes ... Resolved therefore, that every person, who has heretofore taken the oath of allegiance to this state ... who shall hereafter be convicted of having done any act contrary to the tenor of such oath, shall be deemed guilty of felony, without benefit of clergy.
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New York (State). Council of Safety ; Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1721-1814 ; Holt, John, 1721-1784
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In Provincial Congress, New-York, June 20, 1776. : Whereas the Continental Congress, on the 14th day of March last, did recommend it to the several assemblies ... immediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within their respective colonies, who were notoriously disaffected to the cause of America ..., recto
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Benson, Robert, 1739-1823 ; Holt, John, 1721-1784
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In Provincial Congress, New-York, June 20, 1776. : Whereas the Continental Congress, on the 14th day of March last, did recommend it to the several assemblies ... immediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within their respective colonies, who were notoriously disaffected to the cause of America ...
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Benson, Robert, 1739-1823 ; Holt, John, 1721-1784
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In Provincial Congress, New-York, June 20, 1776. : Whereas the Continental Congress, on the 14th day of March last, did recommend it to the several assemblies ... immediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within their respective colonies, who were notoriously disaffected to the cause of America ..., verso
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New York (Colony). Provincial Congress ; Benson, Robert, 1739-1823 ; Holt, John, 1721-1784
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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
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The Plot discovered, : communicated by letter from a worthy American patriot in London, to his friends in this country, dated March 15, 1775.
