State of the evidence and argument in support of the territorial rights and jurisdiction of New York against the government of New Hampshire and the claiments under it and against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts / by James Duane one of the agents and commissrs. appointed by the legislature to mana

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State of the evidence and argument in support of the territorial rights and jurisdiction of New York against the government of New Hampshire and the claiments under it and against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts / by James Duane one of the agents and commissrs. appointed by the legislature to manage those controversies, [1785], 1870.

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Formal statement of evidence and argument in favor of New York State's boundary rights written by James Duane, [1785], as a member of of the state appointed committee charged with the task of garnering evidence to substantiate the State's boundary claims relevant to the properties known as the New Hampshire Grants, including lands south of the Connecticut River in what is today the state of Vermont. Original 189 page bound document is accompanied by a transcript made in 1870, prior to the publication of the text in the New-York Historical Society Collections, 1870.

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Duane, James, 1733-1797

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James Duane (February 6, 1733 – February 1, 1797) was an American Founding Father, attorney, jurist, and American Revolutionary leader from New York. He served as a delegate to the First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress and the Congress of the Confederation, a New York state senator, the 44th Mayor of New York City, the 1st post-colonial Mayor of New York City and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York. Duane was a signato...