A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3

by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

[17] John Jay, Correspondence and Public Papers, Vol. 1, p. 142.

[18] "A fragment of the canvass of 1777 shows the returns from Albany, Cumberland, Dutchess, Tryon, and Westchester, as follows: Clinton, 865; Scott, 386; Schuyler, 1012; Jay, 367; Philip Livingston, 5; Robert R. Livingston, 7. The votes from Orange and other southern counties gave the election to Clinton."—Civil List, State of New York (1886), p. 164. Subsequently, when the Legislature met at Kingston on September 1, Pierre Van Cortlandt as president of the Senate performed the duties of lieutenant-governor.

[19] John Jay, Correspondence and Public Papers, Vol. 1, p. 144.

[20] John Jay, Correspondence and Public Papers, Vol. 1, p. 146.

[21] William Jay, Life of John Jay, Vol. 1, p. 41.

[22] Hamilton's Works (Lodge), Vol. 3, p. 450.

[23] Republic, Vol. 1, p. 122.

[24] Madison Papers, Vol. 1, pp. 288, 291, 380.

[25] Works, Vol. 2, p. 16.

[26] Hamilton's Works (Lodge), Vol. 1, p. 277.