Sep 30, 2010 - Sale 2223

Sale 2223 - Lot 163

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(NEW YORK CITY.) To the Public. Few are Ignorant, that the Assemblymen of this Colony, were Anciently Induced to Consent to Tax the Four Counties of New-York, West-Chester, Queen's and Richmond, for the Support of the Clergy. [2] pages on one sheet, 15 1/2 x 10 inches; uncut, separations at folds with slight loss, archival tape repair on verso. [New York: John Holt, 1770]

Additional Details

"This broadsheet tells of the unsuccessful efforts of Col. Lewis Morris and others to disestablish the Church of England in the only counties in the colonies where laws existed for its support"--Streeter sale, II:875 (the last copy known at auction). The related act is printed on verso. Evans 11890; Sabin 95974; 4 copies listed in ESTC.