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| | Kingston, First Captial of New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Governor Morris, a delegate from the county of Westchester, then but twenty-four years of age, signalized his entrance into public life, by urging immediate action, in a speech remarkable for its courage and radicalism, and its strong presentation of the though of the time. |
 | | Their examples, efforts and contributions in educating the nerving the colonies to the Declaration of Independence, in the events which led to the recognition of the Republic, and in molding the internal regulations and foreign policy of the new government, are the special pride of New York and the glory of the nation. |
 | | Governor Morris, of Westchester, moved, and it was seconded, that the members be permitted to smoke in the Convention chamber, to prevent bad effects from the disagreeable effluvia arising from the jail below. |
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