Alexander Hamilton Papers

New York Assembly. Report on the Petition of William Edgar, 13 February 1787

New York Assembly. Report on the
Petition of William Edgar1

New York, February 13, 1787. As chairman of a committee Hamilton on this date issued a report on “the petition of William Edgar, and others, proprietors of lands in the patent commonly called the Oneida purchase, praying leave to bring in a bill for the partition of the said tract of land.”2

New York Assembly Journal description begins Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York (Publisher and place vary, 1782–1788). description ends , 1787, 46.

1. For information on William Edgar, see Jeremiah Wadsworth to H, November 11, 1785.

2. The Assembly resolved that the petitioners be given leave to bring in a bill providing for the partition of the lands.

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Hamilton Papers
    Title
    New York Assembly. Report on the Petition of William Edgar, 13 February 1787
    Author
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    13 February 1787

    Reference

    Cite as
    “New York Assembly. Report on the Petition of William Edgar, 13 February 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-04-02-0025. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 4, January 1787 – May 1788, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, pp. 67–68.]