New York
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John Jay Appoints Richard Varick as Mayor of New York City
John Jay—Declaration signer, Continental Congress President, Governor, First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court—appoints the mayor who saw New York City’s population double during his tenure. “The People of the State of New York, by the grace of God free and independent.… Do nominate, constitute and appoint the said Richard Varick to be Mayor…
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CORNEILLE (Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, dit). Images de New York.
Paris, Georges Fall, 1959. In-folio – 17 x 13.6 inches. Copy in sheets in a blue folder with closing laces. Title on the front cover. Complete copy of its 16 plates in black and white with their printed signature. Only 80 copies printed, all numbered. Original signature of the artist on the page with the…