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Samuel Jones (New York comptroller)

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had to be added. In particular, Jones proposed to remove the words "on condition that" a listing of rights would be added, and proposed to insert the words “in full confidence that" a listing of rights would be added; Jones won that battle by 31 votes to 29, which assured both the success of the
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to collect and publish all of the statutes then in force; with only minor changes by the state legislature, this work by Jones and Varick remained the only comprehensive collection of New York's laws for the remainder of that century. Also in 1786, he was elected from Queens County to the
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as the first holder of the office. Three years later, the state legislature reduced his salary, and the legislature also moved from New York City to Albany; for some combination of those reasons he resigned and returned to his home on
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The New York Civil List: Containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present
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Jones's first wife was Ellen Turk, who died young. In 1768, he married Cornelia Haring, a daughter of Elizabeth Haring. Together, Samuel and Cornelia were the parents of
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in 1788, but did not attend the session. That was also the year of the greatest and most historical thing he ever did: at
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represented New York, and Jones traveled to Boston such as to obtain materials that would support New York's claims.
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History of New York During the Revolutionary War: And of the Leading Events in the Other Colonies at that Period
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The Jones Family of Long Island: Descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665-1726) and Allied Families
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New York History: Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association
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Jones died on November 25, 1819. He left a widow and five sons.
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Constitution as well as the later addition of a Bill of Rights.
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Portrait of Samuel Jones (ca. 1800), New York Society Library.
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from 1791 to 1799. On February 17, 1797, the office of
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Samuel Jones (NY comptroller)
Samuel Jones (disambiguation)

New York State Comptroller
Peter T. Curtenius
John Vernon Henry
Recorder of New York City
Richard Varick
James Kent
Oyster Bay
Province of New York
British America
New York
Samuel Jones

Constitution of the United States
Oyster Bay
Province of New York
née
Thomas Jones
Major Thomas Jones
Rhode Island
Strabane
Ireland
Long Island
Captain Thomas Townsend
William Smith
New York Bar
Alexander Hamilton
Richard Varick

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