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Parliament and the new model army miscellaneous documents and letters
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Documents relating to New Spain
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In HM 4058, de Gálvez discusses military relations and the prospects of farming in Sonora. Dated 1771, July 20 - August 30. HM 4059 is a list of expenses for the exploration of New Spain, dated 1773, September 20. HM 4060 concerns an upcoming visit of the Inspector General, dated 1773, September 20. In Spanish.
mssHM 4058-4060
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Documents relating to Edmond Prideaux and his imprisonment by Lord Jeffreys on a charge of high treason
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HM 80339 -- Edmond Prideaux, -1702. To the Honorable Knights, Citizens & Burgesses in Parliament Assembled: Petition of Edmund Prideaux [imprisoned by Lord Jeffreyes on a charge of high treason], [before 1703], Document, Contemporary copy.
mssHM 80339-80340
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Rich family material: documents, transcripts and printed material
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A collection of documents, typewritten transcripts and printed material; it includes: a 1643 naval document signed by Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (HM 82943), a 1743 annuity receipt signed by Sir Robert Rich and Elizabeth, his wife (HM 82944), typewritten transcriptions of documents (1597/98-1642) relating to various Rich family members (HM 82945-82947) and printed material (1836-1933) that includes an engraving, and clippings relating to the Earls of Warwick and the Earl of Holland (HM 82948).
mssHM 82943-82948
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A compilation of records concerning the island of Guernsey and other Channel Islands from the reign of Elizabeth I through that of Charles II
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An early modern compilation, in several hands on varying lots of paper, of contemporary copies of records pertaining to the history of the island of Guernsey and (to a lesser extent) of the other Channel Islands. Includes copies of a series of petitions of Guernsey inhabitants sent to James I's commissioners Sir Robert Gardner and James Hussey in 1607 complaining against Governor Sir Thomas Leighton, and against the bailiffs and jurats, about various economic, social, legal, and religious issues. Also included is a later (late 17th century?) series of copies of earlier legal, administrative, and personal records concerning the various Channel Islands from Elizabeth I's reign through the Restoration, various lists of officials from the 13th century on, extracts from laws and regulations, etc.
mssHM 72020
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Commonplace book. Parliament: manuscript
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A Booke Conteyning the whole Passages of the last Parliament ended the 10th daie of March 1628 [with] other materiall passages that happened from the yeare 1623 untill the end of the Parliament in the Yeare 1628[/29].
mssHM 213
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Miscellaneous copies of letters and documents re: Betsy Ross
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Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents relating to William J. Canby's speech in the Pennsylvania Historical Society, including a copy of the presentation and sworn affidavits from Margaret Boggs, Rachel Fletcher, Sophia B. Hildebrandt, Susan Satterthwaite Newport, Susanna McCord Turner and Margared McCord Smith; William J. Canby's "My own recollections of Grandmother Elizabeth Claypoole," and the pencil notes to his mother and aunts.
mssHM 41760 (1-39)