Commission for the Earl of Bellomont, 1697?

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Commission for the Earl of Bellomont, 1697?

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Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont, was commissioned in June 1697 by William III, King of England, as royal governor of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York. He served in New York from Apr. 1698 until his death in Mar. 1701, and in Massachusetts and New Hampshire from May 1699 to July 1700. This virtually illegible document is presumed to be his royal commission as noted above.

2 leaves : parchment ; 61 x 81 cm.

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