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
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Holt, John ; 1721-1784
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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 ; To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York
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Holt, John ; 1721-1784
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To the worthy and industrious mechanicks of this state: Fellow citizens!!! In all countries, it is no uncommon practice for men, grasping at power, to call first upon the mechanicks, and endeavour to use them as mere ladders to their ungovernable ambition
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Friend to mechanicks. ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813 ; McDougall, Alexander ; 1732-1786
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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
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Scott, John Morin ; 1730-1784 ; New York (Colony) ; Provincial Congress
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To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York: My dear countrymen, There can be nothing more fatal to us than to bring our representation into contempt
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Watchman.
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To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York: My friends and countrymen, When I behold a few restless men, endeavouring to throw all things into confusion
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Sober citizen.
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To the inhabitants of New-York: My fellow citizens, This city becomes more and more the scoff and wonder of America! ; To the inhabitants of New York
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Holt, John ; 1721-1784
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To the honourable magistrates, and worthy electors of King's County, on Nassau-Island, in the colony of New-York: Gentlemen, January 23, 1776. It is with sensible and singular pleasure I meet you here this day, and on this constitutional occasion. We are now assembled to manifest to the whole world, our duty and loyalty to our rightful and gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Third
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Freeholder.
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To the electors of New-York. January 6, 1776: Fellow-citizens, there are several important reformations, which ought to be made, for our future security, and which if we are wise, we will take this opportunity to provide for
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Publicola.
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To the citizens of New-York: Friends and fellow-citizens, The period affixed for the election of gentlemen to represent this city and county in Senate and Assembly, is near at hand, and the importance of the business deserves the attention of every member in the community ; To the citizens of New York
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Mercator. ; Loudon, Samuel ; 1727?-1813 ; McDougall, Alexander ; 1732-1786
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State of New-York: Instructions proposed for the consideration of the inhabitants of Poughkeepsie precinct, and which, if approved of, will be given to their committee, when chosen
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Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) ; Holt, John ; 1721-1784
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777: That the happiness of mankind depends very much on the form and constitution of government they live under ... We do resolve, that it be, and hereby is recommended to the several towns ... to send members to the General Assembly ... to form such a constitution of government, as they shall judge best calculated to promote the happiness of this state
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 6, 1777: Whereas there may be, in some instances, an omission, to renew the appointment of committees of correspondence, inspection and safety
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803
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The Speech of William Tr--n, Esq; who was executed on Thursday the 18th of March, 1776 ; Speech of William Tryon, Esq; who was executed on Thursday the 18th of March, 1776
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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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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 ; New-York, This is to certify, that the bearer has, in my presence, subscribed to the declaration ; New York, [blank] This is to certify, that the bearer [blank] has, in my presence, subscribed to the declaration
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Macdonald, Donald ; d. 1782 ; Ketcham, John ; Tryon, William ; 1729-1788 ; New York (Colony) ; Governor (1771-1780 : Tryon).
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New-York, April 16, 1776. Extract of a letter from John Jay, Esq: a delegate at the Continental Congress, to a gentleman of this city
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Jay, John ; 1745-1829
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New-York, April 16, 1776: The Mechanics in Union and their associates, beg leave to offer the under mentioned gentlemen to the public, as fit men to represent the city and county of New-York, in the next Provincial Congress; the electors reserving to themselves a right of electing delegates for the Continental Congress when wanting
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Mechanicks in Union (New York, N.Y.)
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Manifesto and proclamation: To the members of the Congress, the members of the general assemblies or conventions of the several colonies ... and all others, free inhabitants of the said colonies ... By the Earl of Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton, and William Eden, Esq; ... commissioners to treat, consult, and agree upon the means of quieting the disorders now subsisting in certain of the colonies, plantations, and provinces in North-America
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Great Britain ; Commissioners to Treat, Consult, and Agree upon the Means of Quieting the Disorders in Now Subsisting in Certain of the Colonies, Plantations, and Provinces in North-America. ; United States ; Continental Congress. ; Carlisle, Frederick Howard ; 1748-1825 ; Clinton, Henry ; 1738?-1795 ; Auckland, William Eden ; 1744-1814 ; Rivington, James ; 1724-1802 ; Smith
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In the House of Representatives, June 26, 1776: Whereas repeated applications have been made by the Honorable Congress to this Court, to procure a sum of hard money, to be forthwith sent into Canada, for the support of our army ... Resolved, that ... the friends of America ... sign subscription-papers, purporting what sum in hard money each man is willing to exchange for Continental bills ... In Council, June 27, 1776. Read and concurr'd
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Danielson, Timothy. ; Lowell, John ; 1743-1802 ; Edes, Benjamin ; 1732-1803