Certificates of election, 1790-1798.

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Certificates of election, 1790-1798.

This series consists of three certificates of election for the years 1790, 1796, and 1798. The election statute of 1787 (Laws of the State of New York, 10th sess. Ch. 15) required the Joint Legislative Committee for Regulating Elections to produce a signed certificate authenticating committee canvassing and estimating of ballots. Copies were filed with the Secretary of State, the elected candidates, and the senate. The certificates in this series were the copies filed with the senate. The 1790 certificate declares David Gelston, Peter Lefferte, Samuel Jones, David Eye, Thomas Gillotson, Anthony Hoffman, Stephen Van Renssealaer, Peter Schuyler, Leonard Gansevoort, and John Williams as elected senators.

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