Journals of the Provincial Congress, Provincial Convention, Committee of Safety and Council of Safety of the state of New-York : 1775-1776-1777.

Author/creator New York (State).
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbany [N.Y.] : Printed by T. Weed, printer to the State, 1842.
Description2 volumes ; 34 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subjects

Other author/creatorNew York (Colony). Provincial Congress.
Other author/creatorNew York (State). Convention of the Representatives (1776-1777)
Other author/creatorNew York (State). Committee of Safety.
Other author/creatorNew York (State). Council of Safety.
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteEarly Republic; Colonial Era.
Local note2010A850301; 2010A850302.
General noteTitle-vignette.
General noteIncludes indexes.
General notePrinted in pursuance of a resolution of the Legislature, in an edition of 250 copies, in order to complete the series of legislative journals of the colony and state.
General noteJournal of the Provincial Convention. Philip Livington, president, New York, April 20-22, 1775.
General noteJournal of the Provincial Congress, May 22, 1775-July 10, 1776. Peter Van Brugh Livingston, president, succeeded by Nathaniel Woodhull, and by Abraham Yates. On July 10, 1776 (at a session begun at White Plains July 9) it was Resolved and ordered, that the style or title of this House be changed from that of "the Provincial congress of the colony of New-York" to that of "the Convention of representatives of the state of New-York."--Vol. 1, p. 519.
General noteJournal of the Committee of Safety, July 11, 1775-May 8, 1776. [Four committees, appointed by the Provincial Congress, July 8, Sept. 2, Dec. 16, 1775, and March 15, 1776, respectively].
General noteJournal of the Provincial Convention [i.e. Convention of the representatives of the state of New York] July 9, 1776-May 13, 1777. Nathaniel Woodhull, president, succeeded by Abraham Yates, Peter R. Livingston, and Abraham Ten Broeck. The sessions were held at White Plains, Harlem, Fishkill, and Kingston.
General noteJournal of the Committee of Safety, Aug. 19, 1776-March 5, 1777. [Several committees, appointed by the Convention of the Representatives].
General noteJournal of the Council of Safety, May 14-Sept. 10, 1777; Oct. 8, 1777-Jan. 7, 1778. [Appointed May 8, 1777, by the Convention of the Representatives, and Oct. 7, 1777, by the Convention of the Senate and assembly. Pierre Van Cortlandt, president. The powers of this Council were given over to the Legislature in January, 1778].
General note[Journal of the] Convention of the Senate and Assembly, Oct. 7, 1777. Pierre Van Cortlandt, president.
General noteJournal of the Provincial Convention [i.e. Convention of the Senate and Assembly] Jan. 7-14, 1778. Pierre Van Cortlandt, president.
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 53723.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2010. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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