To all to whom these presents shall come or may any way concern; Rip Van Dam sendeth greeting. : Whereas on the death of the late Governour Montgomerie the administration of the government of this province of New-York did devolve on him the said Rip Van Dam ... And whereas he the said Rip Van Dam hath been advised by council learned in the law, that the administration of this government did devolve upon him, upon the decease of His late Excellency .. Therefore he the said Rip Van Dam did take the measures in order thereto, contained in the following protest. ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Dam, Rip, approximately 1660-1749, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 4092.

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 4093.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosby, William, approximately 1690-1736.

Cosby, William.

Clarke, George, 1676-1760.

Clarke, George.

New York (State)--Politics and government--To 1775.

New York (State).

Politics and government.

New York (State)--Officials and employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages 69-73 pages, 1 unnumbered page)

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [Printed by John Peter Zenger], [1736]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Contending that upon the death of Gov. Cosby, the administration of the province devolved upon Van Dam, not upon George Clarke, to whom the governor's commission and instructions had been given by the Council.

Caption title.

The protestation and an affidavit are dated Mar. 11, 1735/36.

The paging is apparently intended to continue that of other material relating to Van Dam, published by Zenger from 1733 (Evans 3727 and 3845).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 4092).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 4093).

Cited in:

Evans 4092

Evans 4093

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