A letter from the Committee of the association of New York
to the lord mayor and corporation of the city of London, 5th May, 1775.

Description

Corporate Author

New York (N.Y.). Committee of Association for the city and county of New York, 1775.

Related Names

Corporation of London. Court of Common Council.

Language(s)

English

Published

[London] : Printed under the direction of the Library committee of the corporation, 1924.

Subjects

United States > United States / Politics and government > United States / Politics and government / 1775-1783.

Note

"The New York Committee of correspondence had been succeeded in November, 1774, by a Committee of observation chosen to carry out the measures adopted by Congress at Philadelphia. So disturbed were conditions in New York after the battle of Lexington that this committee proposed the formation of an association to prevent mob-rule and to support the civil authority. Accordingly on April 29th [1775] the articles of association were read and signed at a public meeting by over one thousand freeholders, freemen, and inhabitants of the city and county of New York, and a few days later the committee of the association, as nominated by the Committee of observation, was elected by the ordinary voters in the wards."--p. [5]-[6]
Prefatory note, followed by the letter in facsimile: p. [9]-[14]

Physical Description

[16] p. : facsim. ; 32 cm.

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