STATE OF NEW YORK (state) Governor.

MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNORS

COMPRISING

Executive Communications to the Legislature and Other
Papers Relating to Legislation from the Organization
of the First Colonial Assembly in 1683 to
and Including the Year 1906

WITH NOTES

EDITED BY CHARLES Z. LINCOLN

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE

VOLUME I

1683-1776

COLONIAL PERIOD

ALBANY

J. B. LYON COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS