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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.299
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1754-1764 
Title The Petition of Francis Lewis and George Harrison of the City of New York Merchants
Date 24 January 1758
Author Lewis, Francis (1713-1803)  
Document Type Business and financial document
Content Description Co-signed by George Harrison. Asks Delancey, Lieutenant Governor of New York, for permission to outfit a privateer. The ship they want to outfit is the Columbine, a 90-ton ship with eight guns to be manned by 40 men commanded by a Bernard Badger.
Subjects Petition  Merchants and Trade  Privateering  Maritime  Government and Civics  Military History  French and Indian War  Global History and Civics  France  
People Delancey, James (1703-1760)  Harrison, George (fl. 1758)  Lewis, Francis (1713-1803)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime; French & Indian Wars
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Delancey was Lt. Gov. of New York from 1747 to his death in 1760.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859