O'Callaghan, E. B. [editor]. Gov. Dongan's Report on the Province of New-York, 1687. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., Public Printers, 1850. First Edition. [9497]
Leaves are 11 1/2 x 9 inches, pp. (95)-118; newly stab-sewn. Removed from The Documentary History of the State of New-York, Vol. I., by E. B. O'Callaghan; Albany, 1850. Good. Stab-sewn.
The report is an answer to questions for the Committee on Trade for the Province of New-York, dated 22d February, 1687. Governor Donagan answers questions treating with the courts established, laws established, the state of the armed forces "there are about four thousand foot & three hundred horse besides one company of Dragoons..."; an extensive account of the English fortifications; Indian forces and fortifications; descriptions of towns, trade, trade routes; sources and manner of receiving revenue; and replies to several complaints made against him.
