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Page 3 - Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King defender of the faith, &c.
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Page 24 - After being thus qualified by the vote of the Court, and by taking the above oath, the freeman was allowed to vote in the elections in the following manner and under the following penalty: "It is ordered by this Court, and by the authority thereof, that for the yearly choosing of assistants, the freemen shall use Indian corn and beans — the Indian corn to manifest election, the beans the contrary; and if any freeman shall put in more than one Indian corn or bean, for the choice or refusal of any...
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| Title | Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year ... Volume 45 of Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year, New-York Historical Society Volume 45 of Collections of the New-York Historical Society...: The John Watts De Peyster Publication Fund Series, New-York Historical Society John Watts De Peyster Publication Fund series Publication Fund series |
| Author | New-York Historical Society |
| Publisher | Society, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2007 |
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