Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, Vol. XIII and XIV : Journal of the Governor and Council, Vol 1. 1682-1714. Vol 2. 1715-1738. 'Record of Governor & Councill in East Jersie Anno-Dom 1699' (2 VOLUMES)
by Ricord, Frederick; Nelson, W.M. (Edits.)
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Trenton, N.J.: The John L Murphy Publishing Co., Printer, 1890 Hard cover, 8vo (measuring 5 1/2 x 9 inches), the first volume rebound in modern blue buckram, titles to spine in white ink. (xi), 580 pp. The second volume in the original blue cloth, blindstamped boards and title to gilt on spine, (ix), 567 pp. Both volumes include include Errata and Index. Both are ex-library, with identical discard stamps, pocket, stickers, and stamp to top edge. Condition: Overall, Very Good. Mild toning. Bindings firm. Vol. 2 has moderate wear to corners and edges and soiling to back cover. Original source material consisting of Minutes reported on the governance of the Province of East Jersey, beginning in 1682. The first order of business being the oath of allegiance to the King of England. This journal begins during the period of the partition of New Jersey into two separate administrative districts by the Crown, not reunited until 1702. It covers the rule, therefore, under Lord Proprietor (and later Governor) Philip Carteret (1639-1682), the dismissal of Deputy Governor Gawen Lawrie in the "quit-rents scandal, " and the 1688-89 period of takeover by the Dominion of New England under Governor Edmund Andros, which ultimately brought about the downfall and death of Carteret in 1682. The Introduction informs us: "The original manuscript volume containing this Journal is a stout folio, well bound in old sheep...The very existence of the Journal had been forgotten" until unearthed by a manservant clearing the house of a deceased New Jersey Statesman who delivered it among a great bag of books to Mr. Garret D. W. Vroom in Trenton. " He, in turn, delivered the item to the State Library where it was caused to be finally published in 1872.(Vol. 1, pp. v-vi) A fascinating, and relatively scarce, piece of early American political history. . Hard Cover. Very Good .
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- Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, Vol. XIII and XIV : Journal of the Governor and Council, Vol 1. 1682-1714. Vol 2. 1715-1738. 'Record of Governor & Councill in East Jersie Anno-Dom 1699' (2 VOLUMES)
- Author
- Ricord, Frederick; Nelson, W.M. (Edits.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- The John L Murphy Publishing Co., Printer
- Place of Publication
- Trenton, N.J.
- Date Published
- 1890
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