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Scope and Content Note

This series consists of a manuscript copy of the proceedings of the Joint Legislative Committee for Regulating Elections regarding the election dispute and contested ballots of Clinton, Otsego, and Tioga counties during 1792. The volume includes the majority decision rendered by the Republican canvassers to accept George Clinton as Governor, the dissenting opinion of the Federalist canvassers, resolutions from a variety of towns accepting or rejecting the majority opinion of the Committee, and addresses from George Clinton and John Jay.