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$1,350 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

NEW COMMISSION OF THE GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC; AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF AUTHORITY, DERIVED FROM THE CROWN RELATIVE TO AMERICA. A work important in Canadian constitutional history and for the beginnings of the British regime in Canada. The text includes: "New Commission of the Governor of the Province of Quebec" (George III to Guy Carleton), "Former Commission of Captain General, &c. of Quebec" (George III to James Murray), "King's Proclamation" (of Oct. 7, 1763), "Commission of Vice-Admiral" (George III to James Murray), "Abstract of the Quebec Act," "Commission to the Captain General and Governor New York" (1754 appointment of Sir Danvers Osborn as captain-general and governor-in-chief of the Province of New York), and the first and second charters granted by King Charles II to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. This copy is textually complete, but lacks the final advertisement leaf.

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