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Provoost, Johannes, fl. 1691 Petition of Johannes Provoost to Governor Henry Sloughter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04830 Author/Creator: Provoost, Johannes, fl. 1691 Place Written: New York Type: Manuscript signed Date: 1691 Pagination: 1p. + docket 30.8 x 19.3 Order a Copy

Provoost petitioned the Governor to ask that a ship unlawfully confiscated by Jacob Leisler be returned to him.

Provoost, Johannes, fl. 1691
Sloughter, Henry, ?-1691
Leisler, Jacob, 1640-1691

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