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Lot 35: 1707 Signed William Burnet Document

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Lot   35: 1707 Signed William Burnet Document
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>WILLIAM BURNET, Royal Governor of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire</b>
Document Signed (twice), as Governor of New York, 2 pages, recto and verso, 7.75' by 12.5', New York, July 20, 1707...A bachelor, James Crosse, has died intestate, and here his brother petitions that Burnet grant 'Letters of Administration accordingly.' Burnet signs his assent, and with his second signature certifies that John McLennan has taken the Oath of Administration.