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A familiar epistle to His Excellency Charles Earl of Sunderland, one of the Lords Justices of England
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Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, papers
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A collection of 87 items from 1704 to 1710, it consists of papers relating to colonial affairs, accumulated by Sunderland during his tenure as Secretary of State. Included are letters, communications, and reports from the Board of Trade and colonial administration and legislative bodies, chiefly those of New Jersey and New York; with a few items from South Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Subjects included are Queen Anne's War; Lewis Morgan's conflict with New Jersey Governor Lord Cornbury; the Palatine settlements; colonial trade; and fisheries. Correspondents include Joseph Dudley, Lewis Morris, Edward Hyde (Lord Cornbury and later 3rd Earl of Clarendon), and others.
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