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Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 976 (August 27, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Address from the Council of Proprietors for the Eastern Division of New Jersey to Jonathan Belcher, Governor in Chief...

GLC06670.108

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 978 (September 10, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Speech by New Jersey Governor in Chief Jonathan Belcher to the Council and General Assembly of that province regarding his recent...

GLC06670.110

to Richard Waldron

A personal letter from the Royal Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Has received his letter. Hopes to go to Derry. In spite of the bad road, plans to go to Haverhill on Friday and "shall order Gilman to meet me on the line with one good...

GLC02468.02

[Appointment of John North as Justice of the Peace in York County, Massachusetts]

Handwritten document signed by Belcher as the Governor of Massachusetts. Also signed by J. Willard Story. With contemporary genealogical notes in the margins.

GLC02542.05

[Report]

Report concerning a settlement on the St. Georges River and the relationship between the Indians and Samuel Waldo. Includes several notes stating that the above letter is a true copy, signed by Cutter and also includes a note of witness signed by...

GLC02437.08880

[Petition]

Petition to Governor Jonathan Belcher regarding conflicts with the Indians in Massachusetts. Includes a list of names of people supporting the petition.

GLC02437.08881

[Appointment of John Furney as Captain of a company of foot soldiers]

Countersigned by John Willard, Belcher's secretary. Belcher, serving as Royal Governor of Massachusetts, places John Furney in charge of a company of foot soldiers. Raises men in response to Britain's request for Colonial forces to join Major General...

GLC01450.804