Observations on the reasons given by Mr. Hamilton's advisers, for his detaining the seals of the province of New-Jersie : after the demand made of them by Lewis Morris, Esq ; president of the Council and commander in chief of the province of New-Jersie. : In a letter to a friend.

[Philadelphia] : [Printed by Benjamin Franklin], [1736]

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Observations by Lewis Morris regarding the reasons given by Mr. Hamilton's advisers for retaining the Seals of the Province of New Jersey, after a demand was made for their return by the author, who was the President of the Council. The dispute between these men was over an interpretation of who succeeded in case of the death or absence of a governor.

Concerning the selection of a new president of the New Jersey Council. Signed on page 10: Lewis Morris. Additional instructions given to Morris on page 11 are dated: Kensington, June 1, 1736.
Ascribed to the press of Benjamin Franklin by Miller. Mistakenly ascribed to the New York press of John Peter Zenger by Evans.

Evans 4057
Miller, C.W. Franklin, 124

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Print version: Morris, Lewis, 1671-1746. Observations on the reasons given by Mr. Hamilton's advisers, for his detaining the seals of the province of New-Jersie. [New York] : [Printed by John Peter Zenger], [1736]

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