1924/02/26

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

Typed letter signed

Title: to Mr. Rankin re: being arrested in San Pedro, CA for reading U.S. Constitution

GLC07599

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

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

1765/09/14

Conway, Henry Seymour, fl. 1765

Manuscript document

Title: to Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier re: Va. House of Burgesses resolves on Stamp Act

GLC07654.12

1765/10/24

Conway, Henry Seymour, fl. 1765

Manuscript document

Title: Circular letter to colonial governors re: suppression of rebellion

GLC07654.13

1765/12/15

Conway, Henry Seymour, fl. 1765

Manuscript document

Title: to Maj. Gen. Thomas Gage re: mob uprisings in New York City

GLC07654.14

1765/12/15

Conway, Henry Seymour, fl. 1765

Manuscript document

Title: to Lt. Gov. Cadwallader Colden re: New York City Stamp Act riots

GLC07654.15

1764/12/11-1765/12/17

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

Autograph manuscript

Title: Notes from Treasury Council meetings

GLC07654.16

1766/01 ca.

Lords Treasury Committee

Manuscript document

Title: Motion for an address re: Stamp Act opposition in the colonies

GLC07654.17

[1766]/02/04

Lords Treasury Committee

Manuscript document

Title: Resolutions of Lords Treasury Committee on American business

Document states that the laws imposed by the Parliment of Great Britain are to be held strictly, and any governor in those colonies that have partook in insurrection should make sure his subjects pay the proper recompensations to the Crown and to those who their actions have harmed (either physically or financially). Also, those colonists who have complied with British laws are to be protectedand held in favor.

GLC07654.18

1766/02/14

Sons of Liberty (New York, NY)

Letter signed

Title: to [unknown] re: unifying the Sons of Liberty in New York

Call to assembly of as many Sons of Liberty as possible to combat the threat of British taxation and to protest the Stamp Act, as well as demand trials by juries.

GLC07654.19

1766/02-04 ca.

Manuscript document

Title: Abstract of Proceedings in 1676 and 1677 in the case of Bacon's Rebellion

GLC07654.20

1766/03 ca.

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Manuscript document

Title: Considerations continued no. 2

Discussion of the plausibility of a "drawback," or export tariff on goods before they left England so that the final price in the colonies would be slightly higher but a tax would not be added on in the colonies, in an effort to lessen opposition to the tax.

GLC07654.21