Manuscripts
Copies of papers transmitted to the Council Office
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Copies and extracts regarding the Stamp Act
Manuscripts
Contemporary copies and extracts of all such papers and letters transmitted to the Council Office as relate to riots in America in opposition to the putting in execution the Stamp Act...likewise copies of all orders and issued from the council.
mssHM 1947
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A General Report concerning the State of his Majesty's Plantations on the Continent of America Made by the Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations the 8th September 1721 :
Manuscripts
Fair copy of the report prepared by the Board of Trade for George I. The report includes the Introduction, chapters dealing with Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the Carolinas; "The Consequence of the Plantation Trade, Account of the French Settlements, "Some Considerations for enlarging and improving his Majesty's American Dominions, by Preventing Encroachments, cultivating a good Understanding with the Indians," and by "putting the Government of the Plantations upon a better Foot."
mssHM 221
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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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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
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Correspondence relative to the recent disturbances in the Red River settlement. : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, August, 1870
Rare Books
Largely correspondence between the Governor-general of Canada (Lisgar) and the Colonial office and that office and the Hudson's Bay ompany. Includes despatches from the governor, Sir John Young and from the secretary of state, Earl Granville; correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Hudson's Bay Company, and between the Colonial Office and Sir John Rose.
246282
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William Holland Samson papers, (bulk 1880-1910)
Manuscripts
A collection of 60 items from 1755 to 1915, it consists of research material and correspondence regarding early French explorations in the Lake Erie region, the early history of Western New York, Seneca Native Americans, and Jesuit missions. The collection also includes some of Samson's research notes and copies of earlier letters and papers relating to the Senecas, including a manuscript of biographical sketches of early Native American traders in Western New York and a geographical glossary of early Native American settlements. The 9 items for the period from 1755 to 1810 are later copies; all the items from 1880 onward are original manuscript material. Correspondents include John S. Clark, George Stillwell Conover, and John Stearns Minard.
mssHM 8848-8906