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Abbreviations for References
CCR
Board of Enquiry Into the Cause of the Great Fire in the City of New York in September 1776. Recorded by Ward Chipman. New York: New-York Historical Society, 1776-80, misc. MSS boxes 12 and 13. (Hereafter referred to as the "Carleton Commission Report.")
CLONY
The Colonial Laws of New York. Albany: James D. Lyon, state printer, 1894.
COHM
Calendar of Historical Manuscripts Relating to the War of Revolution.Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1868.
DRCH
Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. Vols. 1-11, Edited/translated by E.B. O'Callaghan; vols. 12-15, edited/translated by B. Fernow. John Romyn Brodhead, agent. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Company, printers, 1858.
JOPC
Journal of the Provincial Congress. Albany, NY: Thurlow Weed, printer to the state, 1842.
MCCCNY
Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York 1675-1776. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1905.
MCCCNY-2
Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York 1784-1831. New York: City of New York, 1917.
NYIR
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NYRCS
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Abbreviations for Newspapers
NYG
New-York Gazette (1725-44) (1759-1767)
NYG-P
New-York Gazette, or Weekly Post-Boy
NYG-WM
New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury (1768-83)
NYJ
New-York Journal (1733-51)
NYM
New-York Mercury (1752-68)
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