To the public Mr. De Witt Clinton having tho't proper to cite me before the tribunal ... I feel it a duty I owe myself and friends, however unpleasant the task, to obey his summons. ... It will be recollected that the charges against me are rested on the copy of a letter said to have been written by me to Mr. Isaac Webbers - Lewis, Morgan (s.n, 1807)
Concerning Governor Morgan Lewis's involvement with the Council of Appointment in its choice of sheriff for Westchester County, N.Y. - Followed by four numbered extracts from the minutes of meetings of the Council of Appointment held between March 19, 1806, and March 24, 1807. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 12914. - Signed: Morgan Lewis. Sworn this 30th day of March, 1807, before me, Smith Thompson. - Text printed in four columns
Keywords: Clinton, DeWitt -- 1769-1828; Council of Appointment of the State of New York