The Charter of the City of New-York, Together with the Acts of the Legislature in Relation Thereto, or Which have Vested Additional Powers in the Mayor, Alderman, and Commonalty of the Said City
The Charter of the City of New-York, Together with the Acts of the Legislature in Relation Thereto, or Which have Vested Additional Powers in the Mayor, Alderman, and Commonalty of the Said City
New York (N.Y.); New York (State)
Published Pursuant to an Order of Common Council made February 18, 1805. Printed by James Cheetham
[Warner Family copy] Bound in modern cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding tight. Title page and half title browned, soiled. Scattered staining, discolored, some water damage. Shaw et Shoemaker, 9010. Provenance: Inscribed to Peter R. Warner by his father Leonard Warner in 1836. The family's papers are at the NYPL: "The Warners were descended from early settlers of Manhattan, among them Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663). Peter Roome Warner (1804-1896) was a New York City insurance executive and the author of Descendants of Peter Willemse Roome (New York: Daniel H. Gildersleeve, 1883). The Warner family record book, 1765-1894, begun by William Warner (1742-1807) and continued by his son, Leonard Warner (1768-1839) and grandson, Peter Roome Warner (1804-1896)" - Warner family record book, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.