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Lot 71: Viscount Cornbury Signed Document

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Lot   71: Viscount Cornbury Signed Document
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>The “Cross Dressing” Royal governor of New York and New Jersey</b>

<b>VISCOUNT CORNBURY, Royal Governor of New York and New Jersey. </b>
Document Signed, as Governor, 1 page, 10” by 6.5”, New York, January 12, 1703. In Choice Very Fine condition. “Edward Viscount Cornbury Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Provinces of New York, New Jersey “ appoints Roger Jones administrator of the estate of one Joseph Throgmorton.” Viscount Cornbury was corrupt, extravagant, and with a penchant for appearing in public dressed in women’s clothingÑhe was most unpopular.