About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Letter to William Tryon [Governor of New York]

Letter to William Tryon [Governor of New York]

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Manuscripts and Archives Division

  • Francis Stanfell papers
  • Robert E. Lee engineering notebook
  • George Endicott diary
  • United States District Court of New York proceedings
  • George Washington notebook as a Virginia colonel
  • Compendio historico del los indios de Peru
  • James Maury letters
  • Daniel Phoenix, Jr. receipt book
  • Alexander Hamilton plan of a constitution for America
  • Adolph Philipse estate records
  • Title of executors & administrators by the Honbl. Tapping Reeve, Litchfield, Connecticut
  • New York State Comptroller memorandum book
  • Reports of the Board of Treasury
  • New York City Court of Aldermen records
  • Gouverneur & Kemble letter book
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Series XIX. Booth's History of New York

View as book

This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Letter to William Tryon [Governor of New York]
Names
Tryon, William, 1729-1788 (Recipient)
Livingston, Robert R. (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series XIX. Booth's History of New York

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Place: New York
Date Created: 1772-05-07
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Documents
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Citation/reference: EM12068-13172
Physical Description
A. L. S. 4 pp. 4o
Description
Judicial opinion as to the claim of the Mayor and Aldermen of Albany to sit as judges of the court of oyer and terminer whether specified in the commission or not, and advising that such claim was without legal warrant; concluding with the expression of opinion that the people of Albany would be happier under the government of English laws, than if their claims under the charter were granted.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 279055
Calendar number: EM. 10734
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 65206720-0029-0130-67a6-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1483: Created (Approximate)
  • 1729: Creator Born
  • 1772: Place
  • 1788: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to William Tryon [Governor of New York]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1483 - 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd926ab2-b994-48a8-e040-e00a180644a9

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to William Tryon [Governor of New York]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd926ab2-b994-48a8-e040-e00a180644a9

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1483 - 1876). Letter to William Tryon [Governor of New York] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd926ab2-b994-48a8-e040-e00a180644a9

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd926ab2-b994-48a8-e040-e00a180644a9 | title= (text) Letter to William Tryon [Governor of New York], (1483 - 1876)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 18, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Letter to William Tryon [Governor of New York]