Reasons against any of His Majesty's Council voting, or using their influence in the ensuing election.

By His Excellency Collonel Benjamin Fletcher captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. Proclamation[.] : These are to publish and declare to all whom it may concern ... I have prorogued the Assembly to the twenty fifth day of March next ensuing ... Given at Fort William Henry in Council the 21th day of October ... annoq; Domini 1697.

By His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury His Majesty's capt. general and governour in chief of the province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] : Whereas the General Assembly of this her Majesties province of New-York, by Her Majesties writs, issued for the call thereof, i[s] appointed to assemble and meet together in the city of New-York on Wednesday the fourteenth day of October next ensuing. ... Given at Kings-Bridge the 17th day of September ... anno Dom. 1702.

By the Honourable George Clarke, Esq; president of His Majesty's Council for the province of New-York, and commander in chief of the said province. A proclamation : whereas the General Assembly of the province of New-York stands adjourned until this day, being the fifteenth day of September ... Given under my hand and seal at Fort-George in New-York, this fifteenth day of September ... 1736.

By the Honourable Peter Schuyler Esq; president of His Majesty's Council for the province of New-York and territories thereon depending in America, &c. A proclamation : Whereas the General Assembly of the said province stands adjourned to the first Tuesday in May ... Given under my hand and seal at arms at New-York the 21th day of April ... annoq; Domini 1720.

At a Council held at Fort George in New York the 19th of December, 1727.

By His Excellency Richard Earle of Bellomont captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] : Whereas I have thought it fit for His Majesties service, that the present Assembly of this province of New-York, be dissolved ... Given at New-York the second day of April, 1698 ...

By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] : Whereas His Majesties service doth call for my immediate presence at Albany, to compose and settle the Indians of the Five Nations ... I ... adjourn the present Assembly from the twenty ninth day of September instant, to the fifteenth day of October next following. ... Given at Fort William Henry the twelfth day of September ... annoq; Domini 1696.

The Following persons are recommended to the public, as proper to be elected for a general committee for the city and county of New-York, in the present alarming exigency.
Published: (1775)

Observations on the reasons, lately published, for the malicious combination of several Presbyterian dissenters, and a few principal men of some other congregations, who have been led blindfold into an ungenerous confederacy, for opposing the re-election of the late worthy members of the General Assembly ... : To the freeholders and freemen, of the city and county of New-York.
Published: (1769)

A sermon preached before the Honorable Council, and the Honorable House of Representatives of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, in New England, at Boston, May 26, 1779 : being the anniversary for the election of the Honorable Council /
by: Stillman, Samuel, 1738-1807

At a Council held at Fort George, in New York, November 25, 1727.

To the Honourable House of Representatives of this His Majesties province of New-York, in General Assembly met & convened : The humble petition of Samuell Staats, Johannes D'Peyster, Leonard Lewis and Abraham Gouverneur.

The mode of elections considered.
by: J. W., a squinter on public affairs
Published: (1769)

By His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of Their Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] : Whereas I have found the detaching of the inhabitants of this province, for defence of the fronteers, hath been a grievous burthen ... Given at Fort William Henry the two and twentieth day of April, 1695. Annoq; regni Regis & Reginae, Gulielmi & Mariae, Angliae, &c. septimo.

A copy of the poll list, of the election for representatives for the city and county of New-York : which election began on Monday the 23d day of January, and ended on Friday the 27th, of the same month, in the year of our Lord, MDCCLXIX. : Alphabetically made.

By His Excellency Richard Earle of Bellomont captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York. &c. A proclamation[.] : Whereas I have thought fit ... to call a General Assembly ... Given at New-York the seventh day of April 1698 ...

[By the Honourable John Nanfan, Esq; His] Majesties lieut. govern[our and commander in chief in and over the prov]ince of New-York ... [A pr]oclama[tion.].

To the respectable inhabitants of the city of New-York : Friends and fellow citizens! On the 23d day of May 1774, the Committee of Correspondence wrote a letter to Boston, in which are these remarkable passages. ...
by: Freeholder

By the Honourable John Nanfan, Esq; His Majesties lieut. governour and commander in chief in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] : Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God, in the time of my absence from this province, to take unto himself the truly noble Lord Richard Earl of Bellomont ... Given at Fort William Henry in New-York, this first day of June, 1701 ...

[By the Honourable John Nanfan, Esq; His] Majesties lieut. governour [and commander in chief in and over the province of] New-York ... [A pr]oclamat[ion.] : ... [Given at Fort William] Henry in New-York, this 20th day of March, 1702 [1703, New Style] ...

The provincial council and committees of safety in North Carolina /
by: Whitaker, Bessie Lewis
Published: (1908)

By the Honourable John Nanfan, Esq; His Majesties lieut. governour and commander in chief in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] : Whereas I have thought fit, upon mature deliberation, to dissolve the late Assembly ... Given at Fort William Henry the first day of June ... one thousand seven hundred and one.

King's County, the 12th of September, 1734 : Mr. Zenger; I received two days ago a letter from some of my brother trades-men in the city, desiring that I would give them my opinion anent the next election now just by, for the chusing aldermen, &c. the which I did as well as I conld [as printed]. I know, such a thing will be heard of, and a great many people may mistake, and it may be tell the story wrong: so I thought it best to send you their letter to me, and mine to them, that the truth may be known. /
by: Wheelwright, Timothy

By the Honourable Cadwallader Colden, Esq; His Majesty's lieutenant governor, and commander in chief of the province of New-York ... a proclamation : Whereas a certain seditious and libelous paper, was lately printed, published, and dispersed within the city of New-York, dated New-York, December 16th, 1769; directed in these words,---"To the betrayed inhabitants of the city and colony of New-York," ... Given under my hand and seal, at arms, at Fort-George, in the city of New-York, the twentieth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine ...

A brief narrative of the proceedings of the government of New-York : relative to their obtaining the jurisdiction of that large district of land, to the westward from Connecticut River ... : Together with arguments demonstrating that the property of those lands was conveyed from the Crown to the New-Hampshire grantees ... : With remarks on a pamphlet entitled, "A state of the right of the colony of New-York," &c. ... /
by: Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

New-York, January 4, 1769. To the freeholders and freemen of the city and county of New-York : The appointment of two members only, by the various denominations of dissenters, who form a majority of the electors of this city and county, having been offered and not complied with; it was unanimously agreed, at a meeting of several hundred inhabitants, that Philip Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Theodorus Van Wyck, and John Morin Scott, Esqrs, be candidates at the ensuing election for representatives. The votes and interest of the freeholders and freemen are therefore requested for those gentlemen.

New-York, January 17, 1769. Advertisement : The members of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons, in this city, in the interest of Philip Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Theodorus Van Wyck, and John Morin Scott, Esqrs, candidates at the ensuing election, are requested to meet at the house of Abraham De Lancy, on Friday next, at five o'clock ...

The speech of His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Baronet, captain general and governor in chief in and over the province of New-York ... : to the Council, and General Assembly of the said province.

An ordinance of the Convention of the State of New-York, for organizing and establishing the government, agreed to by the said Convention.

The following persons were mentioned in the Committee of Observation, as proper to be elected for a General Committee for the City and County of New-York, in the present alarming exigency : 1. Isaac Low ...
Published: (1775)

The Ballator : A proposal for election of members in General Assembly, by way of ballot: or, An effectual method of regulating elections. New-York, March 7, 1768.
Published: (1768)

To the public : The spirit of the times renders it necessary for the inhabitants of this city to convene, in order effectually to avert the destructive consequences of the late base, inglorious conduct of our General Assembly ... to vote supplies to the troops ...
by: Legion
Published: (1769)

An anecdote of a certain candidate, for the ensuing election.
by: Honestus

To the freeholders, and freemen, of the city and county of New-York : Gentlemen, The important advantages arising from electing representatives by ballot, are so evident, that it is matter of concern, that we find so salutary a measure openly opposed. ...

By His Excellency William Burnet, Esq; captain general and governour in chief of the provinces of New-York, New-Jersey ... a proclamation : Whereas the General Assembly of the province of New-York stands adjourned to the second Tuesday in October next, I have therefore, for His Majesty' service, thought fit to adjourn the said General Assembly ... unto Thursday the thirteenth day of October next ... Given under my hand and seal at arms at Fort George in New-York the 29th of September ... annoq; Domini 1720.

By His Excellency William Burnet, Esq; captain general and governour in chief of the provinces of New-York, New-Jersey ... a proclamation : Whereas the General Assembly of the said province of New-York stands adjourned to the first Tuesday in March next, I have thought fit, for His Majesty's service, further to adjourn the said General Assembly ... unto Tuesday the eighteenth day of April next. ... Given under my hand and seal at arms at Fort George in New-York the 13th day of February ... annoq; Domini 1720 [1721 New Style].