Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747. 59294
A bill in the Chancery of New-Jersey, at the suit of John Earl of Stair, and others, proprietors of the Eastern-Division of New-Jersey, against Benjamin Bond, and some other persons of Elizabeth-Town, distinguished by the name of the Clinker Lot Right Me with three large maps, done from copper-plates : to which is added, the publications of the Council of Proprietors of East New-Jersey, and Mr. Nevill's speeches to the General Assembly, concerning the riots committed in New-Jersey, and the pretences of t
[New York] : Printed by James Parker, in New-York, 1747 : And a few copies are to be sold by him, and Benjamin Franklin, in Philadelphia, [1747]
A presentation of the case of the East Jersey proprietors against the occupants of lands in the town of Elizabeth deriving their title from grants made by Governor Nicolls about eighty years earlier.
The bill (filed Apr. 13, 1745) is signed: Ja. Alexander, Jos. Murray, of council for the complainants.
"Published by subscription ... Price bound, and maps coloured, three pounds; plain and stitcht only, fifty shillings, proclamation money."
Signatures: pi A-2G 2H1 a-c chi, b-d E-H chi1.
"The New-York gazette--revived in the Weekly post-boy ... March 7, 1747-8. Numb. 268": leaf at end.
LC has issue with colored maps.
Pages 3-10 of this copy are photostats of copy in Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Evans, 6021
Sabin, 5378.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Imprints.
Land grants -- New Jersey.
New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Elizabeth (N.J.) -- History.
Murray, Joseph, ca. 1694-1757. 59114
Nevill, Samuel, 1697?-1764. 60272
Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1720-1789. 23907
Bond, Benjamin.
Alexander, James, 1691-1756. 3707
Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey.
Clinker Lot Right Men.
New Jersey. Court of Chancery. 87067
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science
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