1771/05/15

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Adams, et al. re: British policy & the potential loss of the colonies

"History shows that by these Steps great Empires have crumbled heretofore; and the late Transactions we have so much Cause to complain of, show that we are in the same Train, and that without a greater Share of Prudence and Wisdom than we seem on both Sides to be possessed of, we shall probably come to the Same Conclusion" Includes only last page of original letter, along with a collateral transcript of the remainder.

GLC07651

1737/05/06

Zenger, John P., 1697-1746

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Alexander re: gratitude to attorney 2 years after trial and aquittal

"The Service it did me was great for that compleated my Deliverance..."

GLC07652

1780/10/09

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Clinton re: situation at West Point after Arnold's treason

"The condition of the works and the knowledge the enemy has of them from Arnold's late shameful and treasonable conduct make it necessary that every exertion should be made to compleat them, and I have it from the commander in chief to leave nothing unattempted to accomplish it."

GLC07653

1763-1772

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

Header Record

Title: Collection of Grenville papers re: colonial policy towards colonies [Decimalized .01- .42]

Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime Minister from the spring of April 1763 until July 1765, George Grenville became one of the least loved heads of government over the colonies due to two revenue bills that could be blamed, to an extent, for what eventually propagated into the Revolutionary War. These Acts of Parliament were the Sugar Act of 5 April 1764 and the Stamp Act of 22 March 1765, each designed to raise revenue for a financially limited British Empire.

GLC07654

1763 ca.

Autograph note

Title: Anonymous note re: division of American bill

"The American bill if Divided into different bills will most certainly meet with less opposition..."

GLC07654.01

1763 ca.

Committee of Merchants of Boston

Manuscript document

Title: Extract of letter from Committee of Merchants at Boston to Jasper Mauduit

Bernard has itemized one hundred and five points, ranging from the establishment of "a Nobility for life" to the redrawing of colonial frontiers according to "natural boundaries." Includes a three-page preface.

GLC07654.02

1763/05/19

Bollan, William, fl. 1750-1763

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: illicit trade in America, Holland, and other ports

GLC07654.03

[1764]

Bernard, Francis, 1712-1779

Manuscript document

Title: Principles of Law & Policy applied to British Colonies in America

GLC07654.04

1764/10/03

Temple, John, fl. 1764

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: improprieties in collecting taxes in Colonies

GLC07654.05

1764/10/29

Murray, James, fl. 1764

Letter

Title: to Commissioners of Trade and Plantation re: French under English rule in Quebec

GLC07654.06

1765 ca.

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

Manuscript document

Title: List of undischarged taxes from the Colonies

GLC07654.07

1799/05/23

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: to James Wilkinson re: summoning Wilkinson to Washington

"I begin now to be anxious to learn that you had received my letter desiring you to repair to the Seat of Government...that...a general plan for the arrangement of the affairs of the Western Army, with an eye to the existing posture of our political concerns, might be digested and adopted." Syrett, Harold C. (The Papers Of Alexander Hamilton. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1976), Volume XXIII: 1799/04 - 1799/10, p. 139

GLC07656

1803/11/18

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: Appointing Tobias Lear as Consul to Algiers

GLC07658

1768/01/02

Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: Colden's conduct during the Stamp Act uprisings

GLC07654.35

1768/01/29

Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: update of Assembly proceeding against Colden

GLC07654.36

1768/02/11

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Manuscript document

Title: Copy of a circular letter to colonial governments re: taxes imposed on colonies

GLC07654.37

1768/10/22

Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: update of Assembly proceeding against Colden

GLC07654.38

1768/10/28

Saville, George, fl. 1768

Manuscript document

Title: to Dr. Thomas Moffatt re: anti-British sentiments in the Colonies

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GLC07654.39

1769/01/06

Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776

Letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: Colden's vindication in the Assembly

GLC07654.40

1769/10/05

Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776

Letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: death of Gov. Henry Moore

GLC07654.41

1772/10

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

Manuscript document

Title: Some articles of intelligence . . . relating to the Ohio company

GLC07654.42

1766 ca.

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

Autograph manuscript

Title: Act for the Better Securing the Dependency of...America

GLC07655

1829/02/16 ca.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph manuscript

Title: Draft response to notification of election as President

"I accept the office given me by the free & unbiased suffrage, of a virtuous people, with feelings of the highest gratitude."

GLC07657

1790/01/31

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gov. Hancock re: praise for the Republican form of government

"The result of my reflections on republics are, that they are more productive of happiness, and an enlargement of the human mind, than any other sort of Government."

GLC07659

1822/08/18

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sir Charles Morgan re: current political revolutions in Europe

GLC07660