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McGillivray, Alexander, d. 1793. Letters, 1777-1792.

Title: Letters, 1777-1792.

Letters, 1777-1792, of McGillivray, outgoing, in one volume, several to the Colonial Office of Great Britain discussing attempts to use the Creeks to thwart the American Revolution in Ga., with the letter of 1783 Aug. 30 from McGillivray to Col. Brown, British Superintendent at Pensacola, Fla., of particular interest, as McGillivray discussed the British treatment of the Creeks as "cruel and unjust" when the British acquiesced in allowing Indian lands to be divided among the U.S. and Spain. There are about forty letters to the Spanish government, 1784-1791, through Gov. Miro, Gov. Zespedes, and others, many discussing business ventures with William Panton, the diplomatic effort to get the Spanish to help prevent further U.S. encroachments on Indian lands, on what the U.S. did in S.C. and in Ga. to rectify abuses against the Cherokee and Creek nations, and several letters regarding the U.S. commission to amicably settle the dispute between the Creeks and the U.S. Of special interest is the 1789 Dec. 1 letter from McGillivray to the Spanish West Florida governor, Zespedes, regarding the meeting between McGillivray and the U.S. Indian Commission on the Oconee River in 1790 Sept., and the acceptance of the U.S. treaty proposal by McGillivray, and other subjects. There is also a letter, 1792, from McGillivray to Secretary of War Henry Knox regarding the Americans in Georgia completely ignoring the treaty between the Creek nation and the U.S. There are also several letters, 1784-1789, from McGillivray to the other partners in Panton, Leslie and Co. in Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, Ala., including William Panton, John Leslie, and Charles MacLatchy regarding relations between the Creeks, the U.S., and Spain.

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Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819. William Samuel Johnson papers, 1745-1936 (bulk 1745-1790).

Title: William Samuel Johnson papers, 1745-1936 (bulk 1745-1790).

Correspondence; drafts of Johnson's first and second Connecticut addresses (1765) to George III, King of Great Britain; and drafts and copies of documents prepared during his service in the Stamp Act Congress, the Continental Congress, and the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Includes draft copies of the U.S. Constitution annotated by Johnson and William Jackson. Correspondents include Roger Alden, Montfort Browne, John Fitch, Samuel Huntington, and Christopher Leffingwell.

ArchivalResource: 85 items.1 container plus 3 oversize.1 microfilm reel.1.0 linear feet.

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Browne, Montfort. Identure for one thousand acres of land in West Florida, to Lawrence Sigu Des Roches : 10 March 1774.

Title: Identure for one thousand acres of land in West Florida, to Lawrence Sigu Des Roches : 10 March 1774.

The land leased to Des Roches was on the east bank of the Mississippi in what is now West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

ArchivalResource: [2] sheets ; 63 x 71 cm. (in portfolio, 27 x 26 cm., with spine title: Browne. Florida land lease. 1774)

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Browne, Montfort. Identure for one thousand acres of land in West Florida, to Lawrence Sigu Des Roches : 10 March 1774.

Title: Identure for one thousand acres of land in West Florida, to Lawrence Sigu Des Roches : 10 March 1774.

ArchivalResource: [2] sheets ; 63 x 71 cm. (in portfolio, 27 x 26 cm., with spine title: Browne. Florida land lease. 1774)

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Bahama Islands collection, 1781; 1809.

Title: Bahama Islands collection, 1781; 1809.

These documents are representations to the Crown concerning charges brought against Montfort Browne, Governor of the Bahamas, by the Lieutenant Governor, John Gambier [erroneously referred to as James Gambier in one document], and five members of the King's Council. The charges relate to Browne's conduct during the American Revolution. Both reports, that of the Lord Commissioners for Trade and Plantations of 29 January 1781, and that of the Lords of the Committee of Council, for hearing of Appeals, Complaints, etc., from the Plantations, of 15 February 1781, supported Governor Browne and recommended his reinstatement. Both reports also suggested to the Crown the removal of Lieutenant Governor Gambier and reprimands to his five Council supporters and reinstatement of two Council supporters of Governor Browne. There is also an 1809 notarized statement of an American ship master whose vessel landed at New Providence.

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