Charter of the City of Albany

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{"value"=>"1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779"}

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{"value"=>"Charter of the City of Albany"}

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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"Stab-hole binding at top with parchment wrappers."}

{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"Copyist's title in ink on cover: The Charter of the City of Albany; also, contemporary identification No. 37, and notes in pencil by Catherine Gansevoort Lansing dated 1913, stating that the document was found in her husband's desk after his death."}

{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"Manuscript is foliated 1-62 on versos, with text on both sides. Folio 1 is blank; leaf following folio 62 has text on recto only."}

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{"value"=>"<p>Manuscript fair copy of Albany's Dongan charter dated in the 9th regnal year of George III (25 October 1768-24 October 1769), with alterations in the copyist's and Yates's hands conforming the document to the new state government in the year 1779; city and state officials are named.</p>"}

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1779

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1779

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1779

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1779

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1779

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1 volume : 123 pages

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