Perfect! Thank you!
"John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Chris Shearer Cooper wrote:
>> In the massive "Do***ents Relating to the Revolutionary History of the
>> State of New Jersey" set, series 1 volume 6 page 426 if anybody cares,
>> there is a letter from David Ogden dated April 22, 1747 requesting help
>> in stopping rioters who were apparently upset about a dispute over
>> owner****p of land. Part of the letter reads -
>>
>> "The rioters have of Late given their Judgement in favour of the York
>> title, Against all others, being the Grant of Mr Sonmans to Fanconiee &
>> others which may affect the Possession of a Great number of Inhabitants
>> of Morris County if the Rioters Proceed as they threaten, to turn those
>> settled on the Lands contained within said Grant out of their
>> Possessions."
>>
>> Can someone give a quick rundown, or point me to a good book, that
would
>> help me understand the situation here? I don't need to write a
>> dissertation on the subject, but the letter also describes the efforts
of
>> the local officials to protect the house and plantation of Justice
Daniel
>> Cooper, my great(5)-grandfather, so I'm curious what was going on!
>
> I think you want to look at
>
<URL:http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-5597(198210)3%3A39%3A4%3C600%3AOAPOAU%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2>
> -- but you'll need a subscription to JSTOR to read it, or else access
to
> hardcopy of The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 39, No. 4
> (Oct., 1982).
>
> If you're in Morris County, the Drew University Library has JSTOR, and
the
> Morris County Library should have the hardcopy.
> --
> John W. Kennedy
> "Never try to take over the international economy based on a radical
> feminist agenda if you're not sure your leader isn't a transvestite."
> -- David Misch: "She-Spies", "While You Were Out"
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