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To the freeholders, freemen, and inhabitants of the city and county of New-York. : Gentlemen, The favourable sentiments many of you were pleased to entertain of me, in nominating me one of your deputies for this city and county, lay me under great obligat

Signed: Alexr. M'Dougall. New-York, July 9, 1774. Surrounded by an ornamental border.

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To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York. : Gentlemen, You will be called together on Thursday next, to meet at the City-Hall, at twelve o'clock, to confirm the nomination of delegates, to represent this city and county in a general congress

Signed: Another citizen. New-York, June 5, 1774.

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To the freeholders, and freemen, of the city and county of New-York. : Gentlemen, The important advantages arising from electing representatives by ballot, are so evident, that it is matter of concern, that we find so salutary a measure openly opposed. ..

Four reasons for supporting elections by ballot. Dated: New-York, January 4, 1770. Imprint supplied by Evans. Printed area measures 17.2 x 14.5 cm.

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To the independent freeholders and freemen, of this city and county. : It having been industriously propagated, that numbers of the voters of this city and county, have been long intimidated at elections ...

Calling a meeting to discuss voting by secret ballot. Signed: Abel Hardenbrook, [and eleven others]. New-York, Jan. 4, 1770.

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New-York, January 5, 1770. Advertisement. : This is to give notice to all such, who are disposed to sign the petition to the Honourable House of Assembly, praying it to pass a law to elect our representatives by ballot, that there will be petitions lodged

Announcing where in the city petitions may be signed.

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The Conclusion of the Answers, to the reasons, the Freeholder, no. III, page 4

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The Conclusion of the Answers, to the reasons, the Freeholder, no. III, page 3

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The Conclusion of the Answers, to the reasons, the Freeholder, no. III, page 2

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The Conclusion of the Answers, to the reasons, the Freeholder, no. III, page [1]

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The Conclusion of the Answers, to the reasons, the Freeholder, no. III.

Caption title. Ascribed to the press of John Holt by Evans. "The following are exact copies of the letter directed to Messrs. De Lancey and Walton, and of the proposals above alluded to."--p. 4. New-York Historical copy closely trimmed.

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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 ambiti

Calling for caution in electing members of the New York Legislature. Signed: A friend to mechanicks. The election of state senators and representatives took place on Dec. 29, 1783. Imprint below type ornament rule. New-York Historical copy 1 slightly damaged along fold; manuscript note on verso: "XXVIII"; copy 3 with manuscript note: "McDougall". References: Bristol B5819.

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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 ambiti

Calling for caution in electing members of the New York Legislature. Signed: A friend to mechanicks. The election of state senators and representatives took place on Dec. 29, 1783. Imprint below type ornament rule. New-York Historical copy 1 slightly damaged along fold; manuscript note on verso: "XXVIII"; copy 3 with manuscript note: "McDougall". References: Bristol B5819.

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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 ambiti

Calling for caution in electing members of the New York Legislature. Signed: A friend to mechanicks. The election of state senators and representatives took place on Dec. 29, 1783. Imprint below type ornament rule. New-York Historical copy 1 slightly damaged along fold; manuscript note on verso: "XXVIII"; copy 3 with manuscript note: "McDougall". References: Bristol B5819.

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The following extracts from the proceedings of the Committee of Observation for the city and county of New-York, : are by them directed to be published, verso

From meetings February 27-March 9, 1775; followed by address of Isaac Low declining his nomination as one of eleven deputies charged with appointing delegates for the next Congress. Imprint from Evans. References: Evans 14318.

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The following extracts from the proceedings of the Committee of Observation for the city and county of New-York, : are by them directed to be published, recto

From meetings February 27-March 9, 1775; followed by address of Isaac Low declining his nomination as one of eleven deputies charged with appointing delegates for the next Congress. Imprint from Evans. References: Evans 14318.

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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 …

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.

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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 …

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.

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To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York. … April 13, 1776. The Sentinel.

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.

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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 memb

Listing nine candidates for the New York Legislature. The election of state senators and representatives took place on Dec. 29- 1783. Signed: Mercator. Type ornament rule above imprint. New-York Historical copy has name in manuscript: "McDougall".

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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 th

Followed by list of names including Jacobus Van Zant- William Denning- Isaac Roosevelt- and eighteen others. One of four different tickets issued for this election. Cf. Becker. References: Evans 14941; Becker- C.L. History of political parties in the province of New-York (1960)- p. 257-258.

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Committee-chamber, New-York, April 13th 1776. : The following persons of this the city and county, are recommended by the general comittee of the same, as persons worthy to serve in the ensuing Provincial Congress.

Signed: By order of the Committee- Garret Abeel- deputy chairman. Followed by a list of twenty-one names in three columns. One of four different tickets issued for this election. Imprint from Evans. References: Evans 14927; Becker- C.L. History of political parties in the province of New-York (1960)- p. 257-258.

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To the electors of this city at large. : Fellow-citizens! "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood leads on to fortune." If ever this author's words merited attention, it is in the present conjuncture of our affairs. …

Concerning the upcoming election. Signed and dated: Cincinnatus. New-York- December 23- 1783. Imprint below type ornament rule. New-York Historical copy has manuscript note: "McDougall". References: Bristol B5816.

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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.

List of names includes John Jay- Philip Livingston- John Alsop and eighteen others. List printed in three columns divided by type ornament rules. One of four different tickets issued for this election; this ticket includes James Duane. Cf. Becker. Typography identical to Evans 14757- Publication attributed in Evans 15108 to Holt. References: Evans 14756; Becker- C. L. History of political parties in the province of New-York (1960)- p. 257-258.

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To the freeholders & freemen of the city and county of New-York. : Gentlemen, Many arts have been used to misrepresent to you the conduct of your Committee, and the business of next Wednesday, which will be simply this; to elect eleven deputies, who are t

Supporting the Committee of Sixty's plan for the election of representatives to a provincial congress for appointing delegates to the Continental Congress. Signed and dated: A friend to the Congress. March 14th- 1775. Imprint from Evans. References: Evans 14494.

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To the mechanicks and free electors of the city and county of New-York. : Gentlemen, The justice, temper, and firmness with which the government of the southern district of this state, has been conducted since the departure of the British troops, reflects

Concerning the election of state senators and representatives- Dec. 29- 1783. Recommends nine candidates for election. Signed and dated: Juvenis. New-York- Dec. 23- 1783. Text in two columns. New-York Historical copy has manuscript note: "McDougall". References: Bristol B5817.

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To the Whig mechanicks of the city and county of New-York. : My friends and fellow-citizens! You have in the course of the week, been addressed by a number of writers ... respecting the ensuing election for senators and assembly-men …

In opposition to the election of men who will pardon the Tories. Signed: A battered soldier. John Holt was the state printer. References: Bristol B5818.

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To the public. Many citizens being desirous of seeing the motion, made in Committee, : on the 6th instant, by Mr. Henry Remsen, it is now published for their consideration …

Concerning the election of deputies to choose delegates to the Continental Congress- and Isaac Low's refusal to be regarded as a candidate following his nomination by the Committee of Observation. Signed and dated: A voter. March 13- 1775. Imprint from Evans. References: Evans 14511.

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To the electors of the city of New-York. : Friends and fellow citizens! That the acts of the Legislature may faithfully correspond with the interest and sentiments of the society at large …

Listing 18 candidates for the New York Legislature. Signed: A citizen. New-York- Dec. 26- 1783. Type ornament rule above imprint. New-York Historical copy has manuscript emendations indicating the nine winners; on verso in manuscript: "McDougall". References: Bristol B5815.

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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 ambiti

Calling for caution in electing members of the New York Legislature. Signed: A friend to mechanicks. The election of state senators and representatives took place on Dec. 29- 1783. Imprint below type ornament rule. New-York Historical copy 1 slightly damaged along fold; manuscript note on verso: "XXVIII"; copy 3 with manuscript note: "McDougall". References: Bristol B5819.

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The following extracts from the proceedings of the Committee of Observation for the city and county of New-York, : are by them directed to be published.

From meetings February 27-March 9- 1775; followed by address of Isaac Low declining his nomination as one of eleven deputies charged with appointing delegates for the next Congress. Imprint from Evans. References: Evans 14318.