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Stevenson, Thomas, fl. 1702 to Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02509.01 Author/Creator: Stevenson, Thomas, fl. 1702 Place Written: New York Type: Document signed Date: 11 November 1702 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy PDF Download(s): PDF of image and transcript

Signed by J. Rodman, Thomas Stevenson, John Way and William Bickley. Written by a group of New York Quakers "to the Governor." Contains a petition on the deprivation of voting rights for the members of the House of Representatives in Queens County and the Island of Nassau, as well as a complaint about unfair taxation. Cornbury was governor of New York and New Jersey from 1701 to 1708.

Rodman, J., fl. 1702
Stevenson, Thomas, fl. 1702
Way, John, fl. 1702
Bickley, William, fl. 1702

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