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Vanden Bosh, Lawrence, fl. 1694. [Map of the lower Mississippi River, neighboring coast, and the country to the southwest].

Title: [Map of the lower Mississippi River, neighboring coast, and the country to the southwest]. 1694.

Rough sketch map compiled by Vanden Bosh (an Anglican priest), but partly based on information provided by an Illinois or Shawnee Indian, probably from the Saint Louis region. Includes extensive notes, including "Lessainy where Monsr. de la Sale was killed", "town of the rich Spaniards", and "mountains of silver & gold mines"; identifies several Indian villages west of the Mississippi. On verso: Copy of a letter to Collo. [i.e. Colonel?] Nicholson, Govr. of Maryland. Sir-- I intended at first to send this map ... by Collo. Hermans ... [Signed] Lawrence Vanden Bosh. From North Sassifrix ye 19th day of Octobr. 1694.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map ; on sheet 493 x 378 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53303258 View

Keith, George, 1639?-1716. Benefactions of Francis Nicholson, Esqr. to the Church & Clergy in North America.

Title: Benefactions of Francis Nicholson, Esqr. to the Church & Clergy in North America.

"Benefactions of Francis Nicholson, Esqr. to the Church & Clergy in North America" prepared by Rev. George Keith, lising amounts of money given by Nicholson to build churches. Keith was agent for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.

ArchivalResource: 8 p.Contemporary copy 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22162196 View

Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728. Letter : Charles City and Porte So. Carolina, to David Humphreys, 1722 Jan 11.

Title: Letter : Charles City and Porte So. Carolina, to David Humphreys, 1722 Jan 11.

Autograph manuscript letter, signed. On verso of last page: "Duplicate". Accompanied by typescript.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80029961 View

William Blathwayt Papers, 1680-1700

Title: William Blathwayt Papers 1680-1700

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00271.xml View

Correspondence concerning Nova Scotia, 1656-1768.

Title: Correspondence concerning Nova Scotia, 1656-1768.

Contains chiefly correspondence of British proprietor and governor of Nova Scotia Thomas Temple and his nephew John Nelson concerning land claims in Nova Scotia and the French role in Canada

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01268/catalog View

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, collection, 1709-1710.

Title: Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, collection, 1709-1710.

Volume (24 pages) containing correspondence, instructions, commissions, and other papers, chiefly contemporary copies, relating to Sir Francis Nicholson's successful military expedition against the French at Port Royal, Nova Scotia, later renamed Annapolis Royal in honor of Queen Anne. Includes Nicholson's commission as commander in charge of Her Majesty's Forces, letter of Gov. Joseph Dudley to the Council and Representatives in New Hampshire, and minutes of various councils of war. Other individuals figuring prominently in the papers include Samuel Cranston, Gurdon Saltonstall, Lord Sunderland, and Samuel Vetch.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71062479 View

Cutler, Timothy, 1684-1765. Timothy Cutler letters to Sir Francis Nicholson, 1722-1727.

Title: Timothy Cutler letters to Sir Francis Nicholson, 1722-1727.

Autograph manuscript letters, relating to Yale College, 1722 Mar 12, 1723/4 Jan 4, and 1727 Aug 10. The first and third letters are written in unidentified hands and signed by the writers; the second letter is apparently a copy in Timothy Cutler's hand and signed by him. Accompanied by typewritten copies.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702147790 View

Lister, Christopher. Letter : [London, Eng.], to Samuel Pringle, 1709/10 Feb. 14.

Title: Letter : [London, Eng.], to Samuel Pringle, 1709/10 Feb. 14.

Letter, Feb. 14, 1709/10, from Christopher Lister at the British Board of Ordnance, forwarding to Samuel Pringle a copy of a Jan. 17, 1709/10, letter from the Board to the Earl of Sunderland.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 31 cm. + enclosure (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) and cover.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38273146 View

Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1709-1717 : Gookin). Letter : Philadelphia, to Coll. [Francis] Nicholson and Coll. [Samuel] Vetch, 1709 June 17.

Title: Letter : Philadelphia, to Coll. [Francis] Nicholson and Coll. [Samuel] Vetch, 1709 June 17.

Letter written by Charles Gookin, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, to Francis Nicholson and Samuel Vetch on June 17, 1709.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folded sheet (2 p.)) ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40066946 View

Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728. Papers, 1680-1721.

Title: Papers, 1680-1721.

The collection documents Nicholson's relations with the College of William and Mary; his infatuation for Lucy Burwell; colonial administration; addresses to the crown; church affairs; and Nicholson's feud with James Blair. The collection includes "Treatise on the Flora and Fauna of Virginia 1680," by Reverend John Banister; a letter from Blair re Robert Boyle's request to the college; letters from John Locke to Nicholson and Blair; Blair's 1703 "Memorial" re troubles in Virginia; petition against Nicholson (1703); and a draft letter from Nicholson to the Bishop of London, Henry Compton re charges against him. Among the correspondents are Lewis Burwell, Benjamin Harrison, the Reverend Mungo Ingles, Richard Ingoldsby, the Reverend Owen Jones, Philip Ludwell, Lord Nottingham, Colonel Robert Quary, Lieutenant John Riggs, and Lord Weymouth.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. and 83 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25176172 View

Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728. Letter : Charles City and Porte So. Carolina, to David Humphreys, 1722 Jan 11.

Title: Letter : Charles City and Porte So. Carolina, to David Humphreys, 1722 Jan 11.

Autograph manuscript letter, signed. On verso of last page: "Duplicate". Accompanied by typescript.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702147806 View

Royal Society (Great Britain). Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

Title: Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

This collection includes letters to and from Americans (including South America and the West Indies) and letters about America selected from the Society's manuscripts (Classified Papers, Letter Books, Letters and Papers, Royal Society Letters, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and other official groups) and from collections of private papers (Sir Charles Blagden, William Buckland, John Canton, Sir John F. W. Herschel, Sir Edward Sabine, and others). The documents range in time and character from John Winthrop, Jr., "A Description of the Artifice & Making of Tarr & Pitch in New England" (1662), to letters from Sir Thomas Edward Thorne to his wife describing the American West, where he was on a surveying party in the 1880s.

ArchivalResource: 10 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154582461 View

Royal Society (Great Britain) letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900, 1662-1900

Title: Royal Society (Great Britain) letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900 1662-1900

This collection includes letters to and from Americans (including South America and the West Indies) and letters about America selected from the Society's manuscripts (Classified Papers, Letter Books, Letters and Papers, Royal Society Letters, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and other official groups) and from collections of private papers (Sir Charles Blagden, William Buckland, John Canton, Sir John F. W. Herschel, Sir Edward Sabine, and others). The documents range in time and character from John Winthrop, Jr., "A Description of the Artifice & Making of Tarr & Pitch in New England" (1662), to letters from Sir Thomas Edward Thorne to his wife describing the American West, where he was on a surveying party in the 1880s.

ArchivalResource: 10.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.H.S.Film.1-ead.xml View

William H. Robinson, Ltd. The Nicholson papers [manuscript], 1940.

Title: The Nicholson papers [manuscript], 1940.

Description of the private and public papers of Sir Francis Nicholson, 1660-1728, Governor in turn of Maryland, Virginia, Acadia, and South Carolina,

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647890051 View

Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728. Papers, 1695-1765.

Title: Papers, 1695-1765.

The collection contains letters, 1696-1724, written to Francis Nicholson as governor of Maryland and South Carolina by the Bishop of London (Henry Compton) regarding three Anglican ministers and citing the example of Virginia [College of William and Mary?] in advising him about his school in Maryland (King William's School, later St. John's University, Annapolis); by the Archbishop of Canterbury (William Wake) advising him not to return to England to answer imputations; by Walter Cary concerning court politics, [Sir Robert?] Walpole, and the death of Sir Charles Cook; by Peter H[?] discussing French events; by [?] Jackson concerning the loss of a ship; by Elloys Knight, recounting a journey; by E[lizabeth] Sa[vage] concerning plots against King William III and mentioning [William] Pen[n] as an enemy of Nicholson; and by an unidentified person detailing a conspiracy against the king by trying to affect the election of sheriffs of London and Middlesex. There are also papers, 1731-1765, that concern the will of Francis Nicholson in which he left his estate to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts including letters of David Humphrey, M. Howard, Jacob Henderson and a legal opinion of P[hillip] Yorke.

ArchivalResource: 17 items ; 33 cm. and smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19835319 View

Vetch, Samuel, 1668-1732. Papers, 1708-1712.

Title: Papers, 1708-1712.

Copies of letters and documents relating to Samuel Vetch's plan for the expulsion of the French from North America. The collection contains photostats of communications from Queen Anne through her minister Sunderland; letters and reports from Vetch and Nicholson detailing the progress of their plans for the expedition; and documents relating to Vetch's governorship of Acadia after the British conquest.

ArchivalResource: 92 leaves (1 portfolio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122453664 View

Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717. Papers, 1664-1713 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1664-1713 [microform].

Contain letters, 1664-1668, written to Richard Nicolls (as governor of New York) by Sir William Berkeley (at Jamestown, James City County, Va.), and Thomas Ludwell concerning the tobacco trade and runaway slaves. Also, include correspondence and accounts, 1675-1713, concerning the administration of the government in Virginia by the offices of the Auditor General, Secretary of State, and Treasurer. Correspondents include Nathaniel Bacon, William Blathwayt, William Byrd, Sir Henry Chicheley, George Clarke, Thomas Lord Culpeper, Thomas Dod, Baron Howard of Effingham, Thomas Lord Fairfax, Sidney Godolphin, Henry Guy, William Lowndes, Philip Ludwell, Henry Nash, Sir Francis Nicholson, William Popple, John Sanson, and Nicholas Spencer.

ArchivalResource: 53 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43356147 View

Francis Nicholson Papers, 1680-1721.

Title: Francis Nicholson Papers, 1680-1721.

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00113.xml View

Papers, Addition One, 1695-1765.

Title: Papers, Addition One, 1695-1765.

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00129.xml View

Bridgewater, John Egerton, Earl of, 1646-1701. Papers of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 1594-1700.

Title: Papers of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 1594-1700.

Papers accumulated by Earl of Bridgewater during his service. About half of the letters and dispatches were sent to Lord Bridgewater by Sir Francis Nicholson, Governor of Maryland, and later of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 285 pieces : bound in 4 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122394891 View

Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717. Papers, 1631-1722, bulk 1680-1700.

Title: Papers, 1631-1722, bulk 1680-1700.

Papers consist chiefly of letters written to Blathwayt by colonial governors and others. Includes some drafts of letters by Blathwayt. Subjects include French and Indian troubles, military defense, illegal trade, the Navigation Acts, charter of Massachusetts, piracy in the Caribbean, Virginia tobacco trade, wars in Jamaica, the slave question in the Leeward Islands, troubles between governors and the assembly in Bermuda. Included is a copy of "The Declaration of the People Against Sir Wm. Berkeley..." (1676) by Nathaniel Bacon, Jr.; and an original draft of the Charter of Pennsylvania (1681)

ArchivalResource: 2564 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25175344 View

Nicholson, Francis, Sir, 1655-1728. Papers on South Carolina, 1720-1727.

Title: Papers on South Carolina, 1720-1727.

Letters and petitions to Nicholson and a few documents pertain to his tenure as governor of South Carolina. Included are petitions for material aid from the South Carolina clergy, minutes of the South Carolina Assembly relating to increasing the salaries of the clergy, a census account of the area of land and number of slaves in the various parishes of S.C., letters from Francis Yonge and Charles Delafaye discussing the merchants' grievances with the governor, and two letters by Nicholson.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122505743 View

Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938. Papers, 1736-1945.

Title: Papers, 1736-1945.

Papers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros, Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E.G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at "Carysbrook," Fluvanna County, Va.

ArchivalResource: 6, 116 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23030926 View

Barnwell, John, ca. 1671-1724. [Report on the building of Fort King George], 1721 Jul 21.

Title: [Report on the building of Fort King George], 1721 Jul 21.

Holograph manuscript, a contemporary copy of a report to Governor Nicholson in the form of a journal detailing Barnwell's work on the fort and description of the area. Barnwell also discusses his work sounding out the Altamaha River, the lack of reliable Indian scouts, and his discovery of a better location for a fort on St. Simon's Island.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (12 p.) ; 31.4 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79728206 View

British Grants of Arms 1570-1721 1684-1700 British Grants of Arms

Title: British Grants of Arms 1570-1721 1684-1700 British Grants of Arms

This bound volume contains individual manuscript copies of documents, which grant persons or institutions of England or Ireland the right to claim and bear hereditary coats of arms and, in some cases, admission to the peerage or alteration of their noble titles. The documents are arranged in three sections, dating from 1666 and 1684-1694 (Section I), 1570-1700 (Section II), and 1716-1721 (Section III).

ArchivalResource: 1 volume

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-4294bri?rgn=main;view=text View

Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728. Proclamation, 1700 July 9.

Title: Proclamation, 1700 July 9.

Order to apprehend Henry King, Francis Brown (an Afro-American), and others on the charge of piracy and obtain a reward for bringing them to justice. Also signed by Edmund Jenings and Francis Merriwether, Clerk of the Court, Essex County, Virginia.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9118063 View

Papers on South Carolina, 1720-1727.

Title: Papers on South Carolina, 1720-1727.

Papers of Britishcolonial official Sir Francis Nicholson.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00988/catalog View

New York (State). Lieutenant Governor (1704-1710 : Ingoldesby). Proceedings : relating to Col. [Francis] Nicholson, 1709 May 18-June 25.

Title: Proceedings : relating to Col. [Francis] Nicholson, 1709 May 18-June 25.

Contemporary copy of extracts from minutes of a colonial council of officials from New York and New Jersey (Ingoldesby), Connecticut (Saltonstall) and Pennsylvania held at Fort Ann, N.Y. relating to Colonel Francis Nicholson's involvement in a proposed military expedition to Port Royal, Canada in 1709.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 folded sheets (9 p.)) ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39287907 View

Thayer, Henry Otis, 1832-1927. Plan of the fort at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 1901 and 1903.

Title: Plan of the fort at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 1901 and 1903.

Copy of the plan of the fort at Annapolis, N.S., at the time of its capture by the British Army, commanded by Colonel Francis Nicholson in 1710 during Queen Anne's War. The fort was renamed after its capture, Annapolis Royal, in honor of Queen Anne.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/352906627 View

Tyler family. Tyler family papers, Group G, 1645-1917.

Title: Tyler family papers, Group G, 1645-1917.

Papers, 1645-1917, of the Gardiner family, the Gilmer family, the family of St. George Tucker (1828-1863) and miscellaneous other people unrelated to the Tuckers, Tylers, Gilmers or Gardiners. Boxes I-III contain papers (many are typescript copies) of the Gardiner family of New York. Include letters of Juliana McLachlan Gardiner, her sons David Lyon Gardiner, Alexander Gardiner and daughter Margaret Gardiner Beeckman. Boxes IV-V contain papers, 1814-1842, of the Gilmer family of Albemarle County. Include letters of Thomas Walker Gilmer to his wife Anne E. Baker Gilmer concerning family, religion, politics, and the annexation of Texas; and sppeeches of Gilmer. Box VI contains papers, 1812-1895, of St. George Tucker (1828-1863) and his family. Includes letters, poems, speeches and literary works by Tucker. Boxes VII-XII contain miscellaneous manuscripts, 1645-ca. 1860. Includes two letters, 1700-1701, of Francis Nicholson; copies of Revolutionary War and Civil War letters; transcripts of documents, genealogical notes and manuscript volumes (including Gardiner account books, two volumes of poems by St. George Tucker, an unidentified diary kept in a 1766 Virginia almanac; and copy of diary, 1788-1822, of Charles Copland.

ArchivalResource: 12 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23170317 View

Proclamation, 1700 Jul 9.

Title: Proclamation, 1700 Jul 9.

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00205.xml View

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872,. Virginia papers collected by Sir Thomas Phillipps [manuscript] 1683-1784.

Title: Virginia papers collected by Sir Thomas Phillipps [manuscript] 1683-1784.

Virginiana in the Phillipps collection includes an official copy of letters patent, 1692, of William III, King of Great Britain and Mary II, Queen of Great Britain, for a free school in Virginia. The collection also includes papers, 1615-1715, of William Blathwayt, commissioner of Trade and Plantations, which chiefly concern revenue and rent accounts, and contains Lord Culpeper's commission as governor. Also included are the 1704 affadavit of James Blair about the misadministration of Francis Nicholson, treasurer's accounts, 1705, of Robert Carter, a letter from the treasurer to Alexander Spotswood, quitrent accounts, 1703, signed by William Byrd, a 1683 rent roll of Accomack Co. proprietors, and a list, 1698, of militia captains in each county. Papers from the office of Josiah Sharpe, solicitor to the treasurer include documents, 1752-1777, from several legal cases, including one signed by Francis Fauquier.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647846391 View

Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728. Papers of Francis Nicholson, 1692-1703.

Title: Papers of Francis Nicholson, 1692-1703.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79450128 View

Cutler, Timothy, 1684-1765. Timothy Cutler letters to Sir Francis Nicholson, 1722-1727.

Title: Timothy Cutler letters to Sir Francis Nicholson, 1722-1727.

Autograph manuscript letters, relating to Yale College, 1722 Mar 12, 1723/4 Jan 4, and 1727 Aug 10. The first and third letters are written in unidentified hands and signed by the writers; the second letter is apparently a copy in Timothy Cutler's hand and signed by him. Accompanied by typewritten copies.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80936098 View

Barnwell, John, ca. 1671-1724. [Report on the building of Fort King George], 1721 Jul 21.

Title: [Report on the building of Fort King George], 1721 Jul 21.

Holograph manuscript, a contemporary copy of a report to Governor Nicholson in the form of a journal detailing Barnwell's work on the fort and description of the area. Barnwell also discusses his work sounding out the Altamaha River, the lack of reliable Indian scouts, and his discovery of a better location for a fort on St. Simon's Island.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (12 p.) ; 31.4 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702164383 View

Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714. Letter : to Francis Nicholson, 1708 Apr. 20.

Title: Letter : to Francis Nicholson, 1708 Apr. 20.

Manuscript letter in unidentified hand signed by Queen Anne and the Daniel Finch, the 2nd Earl of Nottingham, giving the order to prevent presentation of gifts to officials of the Colony of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: [4] p. ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612815932 View

Ambler family papers, 1638-1809.

Title: Ambler family papers, 1638-1809.

Land records including bonds, deeds, grants, indentures, surveys, and other papers from the vicinity of James City County, Va., and the Fairfax proprietary estates of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Names represented include Richard Ambler and family, Robert Anderson, Sir Edmund Andros, Nathaniel Bacon, Sir William Berkeley, Beverley family, Robert Carter, Col. Edward Chilton, Lady Marguritte Culpeper (Culpepper) and family, Lord Howard of Effingham, Lord Thomas Fairfax, Sir William Gooch, Henry Hartwell, Thomas Hollyday, Francis Nicholson, Isham Randolph and family, and Alexander Spotswood.

ArchivalResource: 135 items.3 oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981092 View

Sharp, John, 1645-1714. Letters to John Sharp [manuscript] 1701-02.

Title: Letters to John Sharp [manuscript] 1701-02.

The collection contains a letter from Francis Nicholson to Sharp, 1701 December 2, introducing Col. Robert Quary and the Reverend Dr. Thomas Bray who can inform him concerning the state of the church in Virginia and Pennsylvania and mentioning the founding of the college [of William and Mary.]. A letter from Edmund Jenings to Sharp thanks the Archbishop for helping him obtain the post of Secretary to the Colony of Virginia and promises to advance the interests of the church and clergy.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647941605 View

Massachusetts. Governor (1702-1715 : Dudley). Memorial : Boston, to Her Ma[jes]ties Board of Ordnance, 1709 Oct. 24.

Title: Memorial : Boston, to Her Ma[jes]ties Board of Ordnance, 1709 Oct. 24.

A copy of a memorandum written Oct. 24, 1709 by Joseph Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts, addressed to the British Board of Ordnance.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38540485 View

Royal Society (Great Britain). Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

Title: Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

This collection includes letters to and from Americans (including South America and the West Indies) and letters about America selected from the Society's manuscripts (Classified Papers, Letter Books, Letters and Papers, Royal Society Letters, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and other official groups) and from collections of private papers (Sir Charles Blagden, William Buckland, John Canton, Sir John F. W. Herschel, Sir Edward Sabine, and others). The documents range in time and character from John Winthrop, Jr., "A Description of the Artifice & Making of Tarr & Pitch in New England" (1662), to letters from Sir Thomas Edward Thorne to his wife describing the American West, where he was on a surveying party in the 1880s.

ArchivalResource: 10 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17270716 View

Jones, Cadwallader, fl. 1670-1699. An Essay Lovissiania and Virginia Improovd / by Coll. Cadwallader Jones, Esq. Dedicated To His Excellency Francis Nicholson Esq. His Maj. Leiut. And Govern. Generall of Virginia, at Yorke Towne, Jan. Ye 17th 1698/9.

Title: An Essay Lovissiania and Virginia Improovd / by Coll. Cadwallader Jones, Esq. Dedicated To His Excellency Francis Nicholson Esq. His Maj. Leiut. And Govern. Generall of Virginia, at Yorke Towne, Jan. Ye 17th 1698/9.

A proposition for establishing trade with Indians "Read and Reported by the Committee of Propositions and Grievances on May 17, 1699" (f. 5v). On July 1, 1688, Virginia Governor Francis Nicholson forwarded it to the Lords of Trade. Later Jones' proposition became the basis of Spotswood's Indian Company.

ArchivalResource: 5 leaves ; 30 cm. stitched, in a folding case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228721127 View

Vetch, Samuel, 1668-1732. Letter : Boston, to the severall Governours [of Conn., Pa., and R.I.], 1709 Apr. 30.

Title: Letter : Boston, to the severall Governours [of Conn., Pa., and R.I.], 1709 Apr. 30.

Copy of correspondence written by Samuel Vetch and Francis Nicholson to the governors of Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island on Apr. 30, 1709.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (7 p.) ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41086203 View

Blair, James, 1656-1743. Affidavit, 1704 April 25.

Title: Affidavit, 1704 April 25.

Negative photostatic copy of the affidavit, 25 April 1704, sworn by Commissary James Blair to support the accusations made by the Virginia Council against Francis Nicholson, the governor.

ArchivalResource: 45 p. : 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23108881 View

Great Britain. Sovereign (1702-1714 : Anne). A proclamacōn for a publick thanksgiving ; ms., 1704 Aug. 17 / by the Queen.

Title: A proclamacōn for a publick thanksgiving ; ms., 1704 Aug. 17 / by the Queen.

Orders a public thanksgiving to be observed on 7 September for the victory at the Battle of Blenheim. Originally issued by the Queen in London on 17 August; this copy was issued by Governor Francis Nicholson of Virginia at an unspecified date.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 19 x 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122525186 View

Barnes, John, fl. 1722,. Letter : to Francis Nicholson, [17--]

Title: Letter : to Francis Nicholson, [17--]

Letter, undated, from committee of eight members of the Church of England in Boston, John Barnes, Thomas Greaves, Anthony Blount, John Gibbins, George Cradock, Thomas Selbey and two others, appealing to Nicholson to help support the founding and building of Christ Church.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612867443 View