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Letter book of incoming and outgoing correspondence of John Graves Simcoe during his first two years as the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. The book includes Simcoe's correspondence with John Butler (1728-1796), James Gray (ca. 1732-1796), John Munro (1731-1800); Samuel Holland (1728-1801), Thomas Aston Coffin (1754-1810), Robert Hamilton (1743-1809), Alured Clarke (ca 1744-1832), Charles Long, 1st Baron of Farnborough, the junior Secretary of the Treasury (1761-1838), Edward Baker Littlehales,1st Baronet Baker (d. 1825), and others. The letters discuss political, military, and financial affairs of the province, including the organization of the Legislative Council, disbursement of public monies and lands, desertions from the army at Niagara; the relations with the United States during the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795), particularly St. Clair's campaign, and Indian diplomacy and relation with the Indian nations, including the crises prompted by the murders of an Onondaga chief committed by Jacob Valentine, an Ojibwa Indian at Michilimackinac and the Snake chief and the Indian council at Au Glaize (October 1792), etc.
mssHM 558
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This collection contains correspondence and documents primarily accumulated by English civil servant William Blathwayt (1649-1717) in his capacity as a British government official in such roles as Surveyor and Auditor General of Plantation Revenues and Secretary and member of the Lords of Trade. The bulk of the papers date from 1660 to 1709 and chiefly relate to the British colonies in North America and the West Indies .
BL 355
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Manuscripts
This collection contains correspondence and documents primarily accumulated by English civil servant William Blathwayt (1649-1717) in his capacity as a British government official in such roles as Surveyor and Auditor General of Plantation Revenues and Secretary and member of the Lords of Trade. The bulk of the papers date from 1660 to 1709 and chiefly relate to the British colonies in North America and the West Indies .
BL 354