Confirmation of Votes/Election of Pierre Van Cortlandt as Lt. Governor/1780
Entry/Object ID
HHV 002.180
Description
Document confirming the election of Pierre Van Cortlandt to Lt. Governor post, New York
Subject
New York colonial government
Subject Person/Organization
Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814)
Collection
Van Cortlandt Manuscript Collection
Transcription
Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HHV 002.180
OBJECT NAME confirmation of votes
DATE June 2, 1780
AUTHOR
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM paper, ink
PEOPLE
PLACES Cortlandt Manor
KEYWORDS
State of New York [?]
We the subscribers a joint Committee of the Senate and Afsembly appointed for the purpose having according to the form and effect of the act / of the Legislature in such case made and provided met at the Secretary’s office and canvafsed and estimate the votes taken for Lieutenant / Governor of the late General Election … / DO certify that upon such canvas and estimate we did determin that by plurality of votes the Honorable Pierre Van Cortlandt Esquire was chosen Lieutenant Governor of this / state. Given under our hands the second day of June in the fourth year of the Independence of this State, and in the year of our Lord seven hundred and eighty —-
Robert Boy;d Jun’r Thomas Tredwell [Zapka] Platt Levi Pawling
Samuel Dodge Nath’l Sackett Jon’a Laurence Henry Wisner
Thos. Moffat Hen’y: [Cothoudt?] Stephen Ward
[LEFT SIDE]
I do hereby certify that on the 7th: April 1780 the / hon’ble Pierre Van Cortlandt Esquire Lieutenant / Governor appeared before me and took and / Inscribed the Oaths of Allegiance and Office as / by Law directed
[??] Hobart
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