To the Right Honorable Richard, Lord Viscount Howe, of the Kingdom of Ireland, and to His Excellency the Honorable William Howe, Esquire, general of His Majesty's forces in America, the King's Commissioners for Restoring Peace to His Majesty's Colonies in North-America.
Subtitle: The humble representation and petition of the freeholders and inhabitants of Queen's County, on the island of Nassau, in the province of New-York. ..
Contributors: Colden, David, 1733-1784; Tryon, William, 1729-1788; Great Britain. King's Commissioners for Restoring Peace to His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North-America
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 43145
Publisher: Printed [by Donald Macdonald and Alexander Cameron] in Water-Street, between the coffee-house and the old slip.
Published: 1776
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: American loyalists -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Notes: Professing allegiance to the crown, and asking the Commissioners "to declare this county at the peace of His Majesty."

Dated: Queen's County, 21st Oct. 1776. Subscribers to the above address, 1174

Ascribed to the press of Donald Macdonald and Alexander Cameron by Bristol

Followed by an address from the freeholders welcoming the governor back to the province and asking him to present the petition to the commissioners, signed by David Colden; and Governor Tryon's reply, dated: New-York, Nov. 12, 1776

Bristol B4349

Shipton & Mooney 43145

Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43145)