Committee of Safety and Protection (King's District, Albany County, N.Y.) record book, 1776-1778.

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Committee of Safety and Protection (King's District, Albany County, N.Y.) record book, 1776-1778.

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Manuscript record book of the Committee of Safety and Protection, King's District, Albany County, N.Y., dating 1776 May 28-1778 April 20. Subjects include raising revolutionary forces, procurement of military supplies, provision of civil government, public health, price controls, loyalists and loyalist property, and patriotism.

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United States. Continental Army

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Committee of Safety and Protection (King's District, Albany County, N.Y.)

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