The History of the Province of New-York: Volume II The History of the Province of New-York, Volume 2: A Continuation, 1732–1762

William Smith, Jr., (1728–1793)—politician, jurist, historian, and Loyalist—produced an admirable history of colonial New York that remains to this day one of the best records of early America written by a colonist. He published the first volume, covering the period 1610–1732, in 1757, and wrote the second (1732–1762) while a neutralist bystander during the Revolutionary War. Thus his History serves as an elegant testimony to the Americans’ growing self-consciousness and search for identity on the eve of the Revolution. As editor of the first accurate and complete version of this important work, Michael Kammen has prepared a fresh first volume based upon the original edition, plus Smith’s rich marginalia in his personal copy, and a second volume based upon the original manuscript. Included in this generously illustrated work is an extensive three-part introductory essay by the editor and four appendixes. Contents Illustrations Advertisement Chapter I. The Administration of Governor Cosby, 1732–1736 Chapter II. The Administration of Lieutenant-Governor Clarke, 1736–1743 Chapter III. The Administration of Governor Clinton, 1743–1747 Chapter IV. The Administration of Governor Clinton, 1747–1748 Chapter V. The Administration of Governor Clinton, 1748–1753 Chapter VI. The Administration of Sir Danvers Osborn, 1753 Chapter VII. The Administration of Lieutenant-Governor Delancey, 1753–1754 Chapter VIII. The Administration of Lieutenant-Governor Delancey, 1754–1755 Chapter IX. The Administration of Governor Hardy, 1755–1757 Chapter Χ. The Administration of Lieutenant–Governor Delancey, 1757–1760 Chapter XI. The Administrations of Lieutenant-Governor Golden and Governor Monckton, 1760–1762 Editor’s Appendixes Notes Index Appendix A. The Governors of Colonial New York, 1624–1762 Appendix Β. A Biographical Directory to William Smith’s New York Notes Index