1758-1788

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Header Record

Title: Archive of correspondence re: Nova Scotia politics and mercantile affairs [partially decimalized]

Also mentions the Stamp Act, Bunker Hill and early Revolutionary War. Joshua Mauger Collection. [various places]: 343 items, 1619-1789 (bulk: 1763-1785). The greater part of the collection consists of 249 letters to Mauger, dealing primarily with his business interests in Nova Scotia and England. It also includes 4 letterbooks, letter copies written by Mauger while living in Halifax and England, and financial papers such as accounts, bonds and indentures owed to Mauger. Joshua Mauger (1725-1788) was a merchant who built his fortune through trade and alcohol distilling in British Nova…

GLC03902

25 November 1784

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph document

Title: Account of Bills of Exch. Sent to Messrs. Robert Rashleigh & Co in London

Receipt for accounts transactions to be entered in his books.

GLC03902.234

22 December 1758

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peter Mauger

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24 April 1759

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Nickleson

GLC03902.255

29 June 1759

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Nickleson & Co

GLC03902.256

15 September 1759

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: Memorandum of Sundry Goods to be loaded onboard the "Snow Hopson."

GLC03902.257

27 July 1759

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hugh Vans

Section dated 4/5/1760, [possibly to the same recipient]. Also includes "A Memorandum of sundry Good to be sent by Mrs. Sarah Nickleson & Co., and small scrap of paper indicating various letter were quoted in a letter to Cahills, 5/24/1760.

GLC03902.258

9 November 1759

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Houghland

GLC03902.259

29 April 1760

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Michael Francklin

GLC03902.260

16 May 1760

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip Durell

GLC03902.261

25 August - 22 November 1760

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Gerrish to Peter Mauger to John Butler

Contains several letters written one after the other. The first letter, on page 1, was from Mauger to Joseph Gerrish, dated 25 August 1760. The location it was written in is not included. The second letter, which spanned from page 1 to page 2, was from Joshua Mauger to Peter Mauger, dated 25 August 1760 and written in Plymouth. The third letter, which spanned from page 2 to page 3, was from Joshua Mauger to Peter Mauger, dated 22 November 1760 and written in Plymouth. The fourth letter, which spanned from page 3 to page 4, was from Mauger to John Butler, dated 22 November 1760 and written…

GLC03902.262

December 9, 1760- December 13, 1760

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Butler

Document contains two copied letters. The first letter, on page 1, was from Mauger to Walter and Samuel Franklin, dated 13 December 1760. It was written in London. The second letter, which spanned from page 1 to page 4, was from Mauger to John Butler, dated 9 December 1760 and written in London.

GLC03902.263

3 October circa 1760-1769

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Lester

The last number of the year is missing, because a small piece of the letter has been torn off.

GLC03902.266

10 June 1762

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Michael Franklin

Written in Chelsea neighborhood of London

GLC03902.267

6 November - 7 December 1762

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Cottle to Thomas Lambert to Thomas Lambert to Henry Livingston

Document contains four copied letters. All were written in Chelsea, London. The first letter, on page 1, was from Mauger to Thomas Cottle, dated 10 November 1762. The second letter, on page 2, was from Mauger to Thomas Lambert, dated 6 November 1762. The third letter, on page 3, was from Mauger to Thomas Lambert, dated 10 November 1762. The fourth letter, on page 4, was from Mauger to Henry Livingston, dated 7 December 1762. Written in Chelsea neighborhood of London

GLC03902.268

24 November 1762

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Michael Francklin

Written in Chelsea neighborhood of London

GLC03902.269

5 March 1763

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Pownall

Written in Chelsea neighborhood of London

GLC03902.270

February 3, - March 14, 1763

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Butler to unknown

Document contains two copied letters. Both were written in Chelsea, London. The first letter, on page 1, was from Mauger to John Butler, dated 3 February 1763, and was written in Halifax. The second letter, which spanned from page 2 to page 4, was from Mauger toan unknown recipient, dated 14 March 1763, and was written in London.

GLC03902.272

21 September - 24 September 1763

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Colliers, Charles Morris, Richard Bulkeley, Henry Newton, and Michael Francklin to William Nesbitt

Document contains two copied letters. Both were written in London, England. The first letter, on page 1, was from Mauger to John Colliers, Charles Morris, Richard Bulkeley, Henry Newton, and Michael Francklin, dated 21 September. The last number of the year has been torn off, leaving just 176. However, the second letter is dated 1763, and this letter was probably written at the same time. The second letter, on page 2, was from Mauger to William Nesbitt, dated 24 September 1763.

GLC03902.273

January 27, 1764

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lynch & Killikelly

GLC03902.275

14 March 1764

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Pownall

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5 April 1764

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Montague Wilmont

GLC03902.277

13 August 1764

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Faneuil

GLC03902.278

13 August 1764 - 1 October 1764

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lynch Killikelly & Morony

Document contains six copied letters. The first letter, on page 1, was from Mauger to Messrs. Lynch Killikelly and Morony, dated 13 August 1764, and was written in London. The second letter, which spanned from page 2 to page 8, was from Mauger to John Butler, dated 24 August 1764, and was written in Poole. The third letter, which spanned from page 8 to page 14, was from Mauger to Michael Francklin, dated 24 August 1764, and was written in Poole. The fourth letter, on page 15, was from Mauger to Pantalian Fernandez & Co., dated 24 September 1767. The location was not included. The…

GLC03902.279

29 October 1764

Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Michael Francklin

GLC03902.280