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To the freeholders, and freemen of the city and province of New-York : Gentlemen, The method of taking the suffrages of the people, for places of trust, by ballot, is so manifestly conducive to the preservation of liberty, that its opposer must necessarily be eyed with jealousy ...

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Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[New York] : [publisher not identified], [1769]
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 11497.
Subjects:	New York (Colony). > General Assembly > Elections. Elections > New York (State) New York (State) > Politics and government > To 1775. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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