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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

1783/03/12

Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813

Letter signed

Title: to Nathanael Greene re: news of the Peace Treaty

"I should think it prudent to maintain so respectable a force in Georgia and South Carolina as would discourage any attempt on them fin case the Negotiations should prove abortive."

GLC07661

1789/05/11

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Madam" re: descriptions of Paris and the opening of States General

"I had the Honor to be present on the fifth of this Month at the opening of the States General. A Spectacle more solemn to the mind, than gaudy to the Eye."

GLC07662

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 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

1765/02/01

Rogers, Nathaniel, fl. 1765

Letter

Title: to George Grenville re: the Stamp Act, a need for changes in colonial society

GLC07654.08

1765/02 ca.

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: Colonial remonstrance against Molasses Act of 1733

He quotes: "'That the Complaint contained in the New England Memorial & Petition was frivolous & Groundless, an high Insult upon his Majesty's Government, & tending to shake off the dependency of the said Colony upon this Kingdom, to which by Law & Rights they are & ought to be subject."

GLC07654.09

1765/07/04

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

Manuscript document

Title: to King George III re: establishment of admiralty courts

With secretarial signatures of Grenville, Lord North and John Turner. Copy of a letter to King George III discussing the admiralty and vice admiralty courts, along with a description of three new courts at Boston, Philadelphia, and Charleston.

GLC07654.10

1765/07/09

Great Britain. Treasury.

Manuscript document

Title: Treasury minutes re: Stamp Act revenue

"...[I]t is expected that a full Asembly will form very different Resolutions Such as may cement the Union, which alone can establish the Safety and Prosperity of the Colonies and the Mother Country." Marked "Copy" on first page.

GLC07654.11