Manuscripts
Copies and extracts regarding the Stamp Act
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Copies of papers transmitted to the Council Office
Manuscripts
Copies of papers transmitted to the Council Office regarding the assemblys of Massachusetts Bay and New York.
mssHM 2587
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[A sheet of unused Stamp Act of 1765 stamped paper, and a blue stamp]
Rare Books
One sheet of paper with perpendicular chain-lines and water-mark "IV" in the center which has one penny stamp on upper left-hand corner. The stamp has "One Penny sheet" enclosed in a circle surmounted by a crown and the letter "J" to the left of the crown, and the letter "T" outside and below the circle. To the right of the stamp is an embossed stamp reading "America ... II shillings, VI pence". Also includes a stamp embossed on blue paper, cut from an old parchment document, to which it is pasted. The three stamps are examples of those issued by the British Parliament in order to levy taxes on the Colonies in America under the Stamp Act of 1765.
144961
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Letterbook of correspondence with Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, Sir Henry Griffith and other Yorkshire officials regarding military affairs in wapentakes of Buckrose and Dickering
Manuscripts
Letterbook of correspondence between Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, then Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire, the Privy Council, and various sheriff, bailiffs, and Justices of the Peace, mainly Sir Henry Griffith, and other Yorkshire officials. The correspondence deals with military affairs in wapentakes of Buckrose and Dickering; also, with muster lists, assessments, papers regarding poor relief, etc., copies of letters from Sir Thomas Postumus Hobby, Matthew Hutton and others. The letter book is in two volumes: Vol. I - 131 pages, 33 x 23 cm., sewn into a fragment of a 15th century manuscript on vellum; Vol. II - 44 pages, 30 x 21 cm., both volumes with damaged pages and loss of text.
mssHM 50657
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Official correspondence, copies
Manuscripts
Copies and extracts from letter books: Officers' Letters; Letters to Officers of Ships of War; Letters of the Brazil Squadron; Papers Relating to the Brazil Squadron, and others, 1853-1884. Copies concern a controversy relating to the sue of the Episcopal liturgy by the Navy; in the hand of Captain Roswell Randall Hoes, Chaplain, U.S.N.
mssHM 196
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A draft bill entitled An act for the convenient passing of boats & barges in and upon the river Wye in the counties of Hereforde Gloucester & Monmouth and the countryes adjacent, and for the preservation of young ffrye of salmons and other ffish within the said river
Manuscripts
This unfinished draft for a parliamentary act provides for the better navigation of the river Wye and the protection of salmon in its waters by regulating weirs, dams, locks, the width of open water passages, and the restrictions on catching young salmon and other fish. The bill also enables the mayor, aldermen, and common council of the borough of Hereford to effect and administer the regulations at their own expense, and authorizes them to collect fees or tariffs on goods shipped by river. A slightly different version of the bill was passed as a private act in 1662 [14 Charles II, Cap. 15].
mssHM 73724
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Great Britain, Privy Council order to the governors and garrison commanders at Minorca and Gibraltar concerning Captain Fortunatus Wright and other privateers
Manuscripts
In this order the Privy Council directs the governors and garrison commanders at Minorca and Gibraltar to seize Captain Wright and any other privateers who may have seized goods belonging to Turkey.
mssHM 70722