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Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788 to John Butler to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03902.272 Author/Creator: Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788 Place Written: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 February - 14 March 1763 Pagination: 4 p. : 19.4 x 23.5 cm. Order a Copy

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.

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 1718-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

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