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032-002031613

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002031613

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Add MS 24322

Title:

MISCELLANEOUS letters and papers relating to American affairs; 1718-1796. Many of the later papers relate to the Bahama Islands. Paper. Folio. The names of writers will be entered in the Index.

Scope & Content:

America: Letters and papers relating to American affairs: 1718-1796.

includes:

f. 1 Robert Hunter, Governor of New York: Letter to C. Heathcote: 1718.
f. 3 b Robert Johnson, Governor of South Carolina: Receipt: 1730.
f. 4 Peter Carle, Lieutenant -General: Letter to -: 1730.
f. 5 Hon George Clinton, Captain, afterwards Admiral; Governor of New York: Certificate on the death of Gen. P. Carle.
f. 9 Major - Gen. James Abercrombie, Commander-in-Chief in N America: Warrants: 1758.
f. 11 b William Tayler, Brigadier-General, commanding at Pensacola: Letters to Gen. Haldimand and others: 1766-1779.
f. 13 Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough; 1st Marquess of Downshire: Letter to the Treasury: 1769.
f. 14 James Grant, Colonel, Governor of E Florida: Memorial to the Treasury: 1771.
f. 16 Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland; formerly Smithson: Letter to Gov. Gage: 1775.: Copy.
f. 19 John Peyto Verney, 6th Baron Willoughby de Broke: Letter to - Powell: 1775.
f. 20 b John Staples: Letter to Lord Rochford: 1775.
f. 22 Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth; 1st Marquess of Bath: Letter to Lord Bathurst: 1776.: Fragment.
f. 31 E- Gom: Letter to J. Gardoqui: 1777.
ff. 43-45 William Gerard de Brahm, Provincial Surveyor in E Florida: Letter to Dr. Knox, with receipt, etc.: 1777, 1778.
ff. 47, 71 Lord George Sackville-Germain, afterwards Viscount Sackville, Secretary of State: Correspondence with Sir H. Clinton: 1779, 1781.
f. 52 James Bruce, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letter to G. Turner: 1779.
f. 65 Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty: Letter to Adm. Sir G. Rodney: 1780.
f. 67 General Frederic William von Steuben, Baron: Letter to B. Walker: 1781.: Fr. and Engl.
ff. 68 General Hon Edward Cornwallis, Governor of Acadia and Gibraltar: Orders for stores: 1751.
ff. 75, 77, 81, 84 Susanna Riddell: Letters to W. Innes: 1781-1783.
f. 83 William Martin, Brigad.-General: Letter to J. Boddington: 1783.
f. 86 William Stafford, Army Surgeon: Petition to Lord Sydney: 1784.
f. 86 Daniel Dulany Addison, Captain: Petition to Lord Sydney: 1784.
f. 86 Walter Dulany, Major: Petition to Lord Sydney: 1784.
f. 86 John Chalmers, Ensign in the Maryland Loyalists: Petition to Lord Sydney: 1784.
f. 86 John Paterson, Chaplain in the Regiment of Maryland Loyalists: Petition to Lord Sydney: 1784.
f. 86 Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney: Petition to, from the Maryland Loyalists' Regiment: 1784.
f. 86 James Chalmers, Lieutenant -Colonel: Petition to Lord Sydney: 1784.
f. 88 Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant -General, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, etc: Letter to Lord Shelburne: 1784.
f. 94 Barry St. Leger, Lieutenant -Colonel, afterwards Brig.-General: Letters to Gen. Haldimand: 1780-1784.
f. 96 American Indians: Treaty with the United States: 1785.
f. 98 American Indians: Message from the Shawanee Towns to Capt. A. McKee: 1785.
f. 98 Alexander McKee, Captain: Message to, from the Shawanee towns: 1785.
f. 100 John Kipling, Proprietor of the Bahama Isles: Authorization of sale of the Bahamas: 1785.
f. 100 Sir John Wodehouse, 6th Baronet; 1st Baron Wodehouse: Resolution of the proprietors for the sale of the Bahamas, signed by: 1785.
f. 100 William Craven, 6th Baron Craven: Warrant, as a proprietor, for the sale of the Bahamas: 1785.
f. 100 Henry Frederick Thynne, Baron Carteret: Offer of the sale of the Bahama Islands: 1785.
f. 100 Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort: Proposals, as a proprietor, for sale of the Bahama Islands: 1785.
ff. 100, 102 Bahama Islands: Offer of the proprietors for their sale to Great Britain: 1785.
f. 104 Montgolfier, of Montreal: Letter to Governor Hamilton: 1785.: Fr.
f. 106 James McGill: Letter to H. Finlay: 1785.
f. 110 Joseph Brant, Captain: Letter to Governor Hamilton: 1785.
f. 112 American Indians: Minutes of a council of: 1785.
f. 114 Charles McCormick, Clerk to the Indian Commission at Fort McIntosh: Information of Loyalists from the United States: 1785.
f. 116 George Sharp: Letter to Governor Hay: 1785.
f. 118 Archibald Campbell, Major Commanding at Fort St John's: Letter to Gov. Hamilton: 1785.
f. 120 Sir Richard Perryn, Baron of the Exchequer: Opinion, signatures, etc.: 1769-1787.
ff. 120, 123 Patrick Tonyn, Governor of E Florida: Depositions relating to his accounts: 1787.
ff. 122 , 129, 133-139 John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore: Letters to Rt. Hon. W. Pitt, C. Long, etc.: 1787-1796.
f. 125 Richard Clarke: Letter to J. Wigglesworth: 1788.
f. 127 Colonel Robert Kingston: Letter to R. Clarke: 1788.
f. 129 William Pitt, 2nd son of Lord Chatham, Prime Minister: Letter to, from Lord Dunmore: 1788.
f. 131 E- Bridgeham: Letter to Rt. Hon. W. W. Grenville: 1790.
f. 131 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Letter to, from E. Bridgeham: 1790.
f. 133 Bahama Islands: Accounts of expenses in the Engineer department: 1791.
ff. 135, 137, 139 Sir Charles Long, GCB, Baron Farnborough (1826), Lord of the Treasury, etc: Letters to, from Lord Dunmore: 1794-1796.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1718

End Date:

1796

Date Range:

1718-1796

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Names:

Abercrombie, - Gen. James, Major; Commander-in-Chief in N America
Addison, Daniel Dulany, Captain
Brahm, John William Gerard, cartographer and surveyor, 1718-c 1799
Brant, Joseph, Captain
Bridgeham, E-, of Add MS 24322
Bruce, James, Lieutenant -Colonel
Campbell, Archibald, Major Commanding at Fort St John's
Carle, Peter, Lieutenant -General
Chalmers, James, Lieutenant -Colonel
Chalmers, John, Ensign in the Maryland Loyalists
Clarke, Richard, of Add MS 24322
Clinton, George, Captain, afterwards Admiral; Governor of New York
Cornwallis, Edward, General; Governor of Acadia and Gibraltar
Craven, William, 6th Baron Craven
Dulany, Walter, army officer and petitioner to Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, fl 1784
Gom, E, correspondent of J Gardoqui, fl 1777
Grant, James, Colonel, Governor of E Florida
Grenville, William Wyndham, 1st Baron Grenville, politician and Prime Minister, 1759-1834
Hamilton, Henry, Lieutenant -General, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, etc
Hill, Wills, 1st Marquess of Downshire, politician, 1718-1793
Hunter, Robert, Governor of New York
Johnson, Robert, Governor of South Carolina
Kingston, Robert, Colonel
Kipling, John, Proprietor of the Bahama Isles
Long, Charles, GCB, Baron Farnborough (1826), Lord of the Treasury, etc
Martin, William, Brigad.-General
McCormick, Charles, Clerk to the Indian Commission at Fort McIntosh
McGill, James
McKee, Alexander, Captain
Montgolfier, of Montreal
Murray, John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, colonial governor, 1730-1809
Paterson, John, Chaplain in the Regiment of Maryland Loyalists
Percy, Hugh, formerly Smithson 2nd Duke of Northumberland
Perryn, Richard, Baron of the Exchequer
Pitt, William, Prime Minister, called 'the younger', 1759-1806
Riddell, Susanna
Sackville-Germain, George, afterwards Viscount Sackville, Secretary of State
Sharp, George
Somerset, Henry, 5th Duke of Beaufort
St. Leger, Barry, Lieutenant -Colonel, afterwards Brig.-General
Stafford, William, Army Surgeon
Staples, John, of Add MS 24322
Stephens, Philip, Secretary of the Admiralty
Steuben, Frederic William, Baron, General
Tayler, William, Brigadier-General, commanding at Pensacola
Thynne, Henry Frederick, Baron Carteret
Thynne, Thomas, 1st Marquess of Bath, Secretary of State, 1734-1796
Tonyn, Patrick, Governor of E Florida
Townshend, Thomas, 1st Viscount Sydney
Verney, John Peyto, 6th Baron Willoughby de Broke
Wodehouse, John, 6th Baronet, 1st Baron Wodehouse

Places:

America, North America
Bahama Islands, the Carribean