Petition : of the several subscribers : to his excellency William Tryon esquire, captain, general & governor in chief in & over the Province of New:York and the territories depending thereon; chancellor & vice admiral of the same, 1771 Aug.

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Petition : of the several subscribers : to his excellency William Tryon esquire, captain, general & governor in chief in & over the Province of New:York and the territories depending thereon; chancellor & vice admiral of the same, 1771 Aug.

Petition submitted Aug. 1771 by Donald McIntyre and six other colonists to William Tryon, Governor of New York.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 32 cm.

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Tryon, William, 1729-1788

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