Manuscripts

George III, King of Great Britain letter to Thomas Townshend

Description: Letters and documents relating to British and American relations. Includes autograph letters to Townshend from William Pitt, the 1st Earl of Chatham, from 1774 to 1776, and George III, from 1782 to 1784; Henry McCulloh's "Several thoughts. on the Stamp duty," 1765, and Silas Deane's "Observations and proposals relating to a Navigable Canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence," from 1785 to 1787. "A Provisional Act for Settling Troubles in America," 1776 and "Memorandum of a Declaration to Dr. Addington relating to American colonies," 1776, by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; the minutes of a cabinet formed in 1782 for the purpose of negotiating peace with the United States and letters from George III to Townshend, 1782 to 1783, are bound in two volumes. The volumes also contain the original portrait of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by William Hoare, and Thomas Townshend's copies of "An Act to Enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace with the United States of America" (London : Printed at Charles Eyere and William Straham, 1782) and "Provisional articles signed at Paris, the 30th of November, 1782 by the Commissioner of His Britannic Majesty, and the Commissioners of the United States of America” (London : Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke, in Warwick-Lane, 1783).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1784 February 5
Call number: HM 23678
Creator: Sydney, Thomas Townshend (1733-1800)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: purchased from Charles J. Sawyer, Ltd., 1916-1918.; purchased from Anderson Galleries, 1917-1919.; purchased from Maggs Bros., date unknown.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; RESTRICTED: Box 2 (contains volume 2 and volume 3): Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.; RESTRICTED: Oversize folder 1 (contains mssHM 25755): Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: George (1738-1820.); Deane, Silas, (1737-1789.); Hoare, William, (1707-1792.); McCulloh, Henry, (approximately 1700-1779.); Pitt, William, (1708-1778.)
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Letters and documents relating to British and American relations. Includes autograph letters to Townshend from William Pitt, the 1st Earl of Chatham, from 1774 to 1776, and George III, from 1782 to 1784; Henry McCulloh's "Several thoughts. on the Stamp duty," 1765, and Silas Deane's "Observations and proposals relating to a Navigable Canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence," from 1785 to 1787. "A Provisional Act for Settling Troubles in America," 1776 and "Memorandum of a Declaration to Dr. Addington relating to American colonies," 1776, by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; the minutes of a cabinet formed in 1782 for the purpose of negotiating peace with the United States and letters from George III to Townshend, 1782 to 1783, are bound in two volumes. The volumes also contain the original portrait of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by William Hoare, and Thomas Townshend's copies of "An Act to Enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace with the United States of America" (London : Printed at Charles Eyere and William Straham, 1782) and "Provisional articles signed at Paris, the 30th of November, 1782 by the Commissioner of His Britannic Majesty, and the Commissioners of the United States of America” (London : Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke, in Warwick-Lane, 1783).
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Letters and documents relating to British and American relations. Includes autograph letters to Townshend from William Pitt, the 1st Earl of Chatham, from 1774 to 1776, and George III, from 1782 to 1784; Henry McCulloh's "Several thoughts. on the Stamp duty," 1765, and Silas Deane's "Observations and proposals relating to a Navigable Canal from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence," from 1785 to 1787. "A Provisional Act for Settling Troubles in America," 1776 and "Memorandum of a Declaration to Dr. Addington relating to American colonies," 1776, by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; the minutes of a cabinet formed in 1782 for the purpose of negotiating peace with the United States and letters from George III to Townshend, 1782 to 1783, are bound in two volumes. The volumes also contain the original portrait of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by William Hoare, and Thomas Townshend's copies of "An Act to Enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace with the United States of America" (London : Printed at Charles Eyere and William Straham, 1782) and "Provisional articles signed at Paris, the 30th of November, 1782 by the Commissioner of His Britannic Majesty, and the Commissioners of the United States of America” (London : Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke, in Warwick-Lane, 1783).
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