Letter, 1664 April 23, London, to the Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts, to be communicated to the Council there. 1664.

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Letter, 1664 April 23, London, to the Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts, to be communicated to the Council there. 1664.

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Contemporary manuscript copy, wanting the address, "To the Governour ...," of a letter informing the Council of Massachusetts Bay about commissioners the king proposes to send to New England. The commissioners being sent to New England were a manifestation of the re-establishment of royal authority in the colony. Cf. Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New York. Albany, v. 3, 1853, p. 61-63.

[4] p. on 1 fold. leaf. 30 cm.

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