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Title: Letter concerning the sugar trade from Francis Lewis.
Creator: Lewis, Francis 1713-1802
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter from Francis Lewis. As a representative from New York, Lewis signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f15_p
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Title: Letter from James Francis Edward Stuart.
Creator: Stuart, James Edward Francis 1688-1766
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter that begins with "To all our Loving Subjects" argues that since the Glorious Rebellion that insidious people have attempted to thwart the true and proper crown the letter is signed with: "letter given at court."
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f1
Subject Headings: James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766
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Title: Letter from William Bollan, 1769.
Creator: Bollan, William
Abstract/Description: A of handwritten duplicate letter from Bollan to Selectmen of Boston, accepting their invitation for him to become agent to the Council
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f27_p
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Title: Letter from Lord Barrington, March 1, 1770.
Creator: Barrington, Lord
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter from Lord Barrington to other unnamed lords, regarding various matters including a reference to the American colonies
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f30a_p
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Title: Letter from Nathaniel Coffin, 1769.
Creator: Coffin, Nathaniel
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter from Nathaniel Coffin to John Swift, Esq., Customs Collector for King George III, in Philadelphia
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f26_p
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Title: Letter from the Massachusetts Bay Provincial House of Representatives.
Creator: Massachusetts, the
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter from House Speaker, Thomas Cushing protesting duties and taxes imposed on the American colonies
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f23_p
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Title: Receipt signed by Jonathan D. Sergeant.
Creator: Sergeant, Jonathan D.
Abstract/Description: Land receipt signed by Sergeant who was an attorney in Princeton, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey at the Second Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f22_p
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Title: Letter from Richard Ridgely.
Creator: Ridgely, Richard
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter by Richard Ridgely (1755-1824) a member of the Continental Congress for Maryland in 1784 and 1785. Includes 2 page transcription.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f6_p
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Title: Land claim disputes by the Kempe family.
Creator: Kempe, Elizabeth
Abstract/Description: Land claim from Elizabeth Kempe of Philadelphia and her sisters, Catherine, and Jane Kempe. Along with W. John Wetherhead, interested party also. The daughters of William Kempe, Attorney General in His Majesty's Service to the province of New York 1752 -1759, attempting to make a claim on land owned by their (loyalist) father but confiscated. Upon the death of his father in 1759, John Tabor Kempe was appointed Attorney General of New York, the last to receive a royal commission. In 1825, John...
Show moreLand claim from Elizabeth Kempe of Philadelphia and her sisters, Catherine, and Jane Kempe. Along with W. John Wetherhead, interested party also. The daughters of William Kempe, Attorney General in His Majesty's Service to the province of New York 1752 -1759, attempting to make a claim on land owned by their (loyalist) father but confiscated. Upon the death of his father in 1759, John Tabor Kempe was appointed Attorney General of New York, the last to receive a royal commission. In 1825, John Tabor Kempe's heirs obtained passage of a bill in the New York Legislature that restored to them his house, stables and grounds on the northeast of Greenwich Street in New York City. Their efforts to have the New Jersey estates restored to them led to litigation and the case eventually came before the Supreme Court of the United States in Kempe's Lessee v. Kennedy, 9 U.S. 173 (1809).[New York Historical Society]
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PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f12_p
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Title: Letter from Isaac Winslow to Samuel Waldo, 7 December 1749.
Creator: Winslow, Isaac
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter by Isaac Winslow to Samuel Waldo, Esquire dated December 7, 1749 on the affairs of Maine. It mentions Frank Winslow the authors brother, the vessel Spinder, Casco and Halifax, Governor Cornwallis, and the currency reform act.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f7
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Title: Letter from John Horne,.
Creator: Horne Tooke, John (1736 – 1812)
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter from John Horne concerning his trial. John Horne (Tooke) was prosecuted for a high treason and seditious libel about events at Lexington. John Horne Tooke (25 June 1736 – 18 March 1812), known as John Horne until 1782 when he added the surname of his friend William Tooke to his own, was an English clergyman, politician, and philologist. Letter to his attorney George Daniells of 31 Tenchurch st.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f19_p
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Title: Note on Charles James Fox (1749 – 1806).
Creator: Fox, Charles James (1749-1806)
Abstract/Description: A handwritten note and portrait of Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806). "Mr. Fox presents his Comp- to Sir James Lowther and has the honour of sending him inclosed the motion intended to be made on Monday next." Portrait: The Right Honorable C. J. Fox published by G. Hawthorne Branch Library Strand, Oct. 31st, 1799. Includes transcript.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f18p
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Title: Commission to take Deposition, 1766.
Creator: Bernard, Francis Sir 1st Baronet (1712-1779)
Abstract/Description: Deposition taken by Sir Francis Bernard (1712-1779), royal governor of colonial Massachusetts from 1760 to 1769. It was sent to Jeremiah Powell, Enoch Freeman, and Alexander Boss of Falmouth, Maine concerning the will of James Hope.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f21_p
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Title: Letter from Jasper Manduit to Harrison Gray, Esq., 1765.
Creator: Manduit, Jasper
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter from Jasper Manduit,an agent in London for the Province of Massachusetts Bay to Harrison Gray, Esq., Treasurer and Receiver-General for the province. Manduit informs Mr. Gray that the Stamp Act had passed.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f20_p
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Title: Import receipt signed by E. Langworthy.
Creator: Langworthy, Edward (1738-1802)
Abstract/Description: Shipment of sugar imported by Joseph Coleman in ship from Guadelupe by Master Shubael Gardner. An import receipt for one barrel of sugar signed by E. Langworthy. Edward Langworthy (1738–1802) was an American teacher who was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Georgia. He signed the Articles of Confederation.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f17p
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Title: Letter from Leonard Gansevoort.
Creator: Gansevoort, Leonard
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter from Leonard Gansevoort who served as a delegate from New York at the Continental Congress.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f16_p
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Title: Letter from H. Hughes to John Holt, 1768.
Creator: Hughes, H.
Abstract/Description: A handwritten letter to John Holt who was a colonial American newspaper publisher, printer, postmaster, and mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Mr. H. Hughes discusses the rebellious Bostonians.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f24_p
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Title: Notice of Trial by Peter W. Yates, 1770.
Creator: Yates, Peter W.
Abstract/Description: notice of Trial by Peter W. Yates, 1770
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f31_p
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Title: Letter from General Assembly to the Governor, 1772.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f32_p
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Title: Letter from Lord Barrington, Feburuary 14, 1770.
Creator: Barrington, Lord
Abstract/Description: Handwritten letter from Lord Barrington to other unnamed lords, regarding various matters including a reference to the American colonies
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwdlb1f30b_p
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