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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850. 309 words

Majesty's Name oiTering a Reward of fifty Pounds to any Person or Persons wlio s'uill discover t'le Autlior or Authors of the seilitiiius I'apor aforesaid, so t'lat he or they be thereof c<jnvicte<l and over ami above tie said Reward, I do hereby promise his Majtsf} 's most Gracious Pardon to any Accomplice or Accomplices w!io s'lidl discover t'le Aut'ior or Authors of the said Paj)er so wrote pr.nled and disi)ersed as aforesaid

Gi\ en under my Hand i\m\ Sen] at Anns at Fort George in the City oi' Now Yoik t!ie twenty first Day of December One thousjind Seven hundred and Sixty seven, in the Eiglith Year of the keign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by t'le Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so fortii.

By his Excellency's Command, Gw BA^YAK D Sec'ry

God save the King.

BroGHAPHicAL Sketch ok Governor Mooreu Sir IIknry Mdork was jrramlsun oT-lohn Mooie E^q 'vlio settled at Barhadoes in the ri'ii^n <if Cliarlcs 11. & who tia'-ing am ssed i)r()jterty in iliai Inland, reir.ovcil to Jamaica, wlieie lie left fwur children -- two sons and two dawg'liters. S<iii)'iel, Mie younger of the sons? "i. Eliza')efh Lowe and left an on!y surviving son and heir Ukxry, wh j marred Caiharina Maria eldest daughter of Samuel Long Esq Chief Justice of Jamaica, and Sister of Edward Long, Judge of :he Court of Vice A.lmlraliy *t aijhor of ihe History of that Islanil. Mr Moore acted as Lieu't'uant Goverioi- of Jam.iica from Fcliy l7Mi to 176- wiih the exce|>tion of one yf.w. I'he followin!j exiracts from Bridge's «' Annals of Jamaica," Vol. II. for which we ar? in leb'cd to the politeness of Dr. Harris, the learned Librarian of Harvanl CoUe-jre. furnish ample details of Gov. iNloores history previous to iiis croming (o New-\<)ik