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Spring, Henry, b. 1733. Papers, 1755-1758.

Title: Papers, 1755-1758.

Four documents related to Henry Spring's service during the French and Indian War: an order to Spring from Spencer Phips requiring an account of enlisted men (1755); his commission as Captain of a company in William Williams' regiment of the Mass. Provincial Forces (1758); an order from Thomas Pownall to William Williams regarding requirements for equipment and uniforms, with an appended note from Williams (1758); and an inventory of John Turner's (of Spring's company) things following his death at Lake George.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28474596 View

How, Samuel, fl. 1755. Commission of Samuel How, 1755 May.

Title: Commission of Samuel How, 1755 May.

Commission of Samuel How to be captain or lieutenant, signed by Lt. Gov. Phips of Province of Massachusetts Bay.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70977530 View

Bourne family Massachusetts military papers, 1744-1764.

Title: Bourne family Massachusetts military papers, 1744-1764.

Military papers relating to the Bourn family of Massachusetts concerning colonial expeditions to capture Canada.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00243/catalog View

Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757. Diaries, 1731 and 1735.

Title: Diaries, 1731 and 1735.

Spencer Phips' diaries, interleaved in Nathaniel Ames' Almanacks for the years 1731 and 1735, contain occasional brief entries concerning visitors, the weather, Phips' appearances before court sessions in Charlestown, family vital records, and area deaths.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. ; octavo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207164357 View

William L. Clements Library. George Clinton papers, 1697-1760, bulk 1745-1753.

Title: George Clinton papers, 1697-1760, bulk 1745-1753.

This collection contains the letters, documents, and accounts of George Clinton, colonial governor of New York. The bulk of the collection is comprised of drafts of Clinton's letters, incoming official letters, Clinton's letter book for 1752-1753, military memoranda, documents related to Indian affairs, and personal, government, and military accounts created during King George's War.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450191 View

Lithgow, William. Letter, 1751 July 9.

Title: Letter, 1751 July 9.

Letter (ALS) to Spencer Phips, lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, forwarding news of an impending Indian attack, as well as the possibility of a dangerous shift in allegiance: the Norridgewock and Penobscot Indians may soon break with the English to join the French and their Canadian Indian allies.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70923093 View

Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor (1732-1757 : Phips). Letter : Boston, Mass., to John Stoddard [Northampton, Mass.?], 1745 Sep. 26.

Title: Letter : Boston, Mass., to John Stoddard [Northampton, Mass.?], 1745 Sep. 26.

September 26, 1745, letter from Massachusetts lieutenant governor Spencer Phips to John Stoddard (for many years a member of the Massachusetts provincial council, chief justice of the court of common pleas, and colonel of the militia), appointing him commissioner to a council with the Six Nations in Albany, N.Y., scheduled to begin Oct. 4, 1745.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39527678 View

Essex County (Mass.). Treasurer. [Accounting record] 1755 / Daniel Appleton, Treasurer.

Title: [Accounting record] 1755 / Daniel Appleton, Treasurer.

An accounting record for 1755. Noted that errors accepted, Apr. 2, 1756, Dan. Appleton, county tr.; att. Joseph Bowditch, clerk. Further endorsed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, T. Hubbard, spkr., May 29, 1756, and in Council read and concerend by Thos. Clarke, depty. sec., and consented to: S. Phips, on May 19, 1756.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 31 x 39 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/314410944 View

Saunders, Thomas, Capt. Papers, 1732-1828, bulk: 1732-1787.

Title: Papers, 1732-1828, bulk: 1732-1787.

Papers of Capt. Thomas Saunders (also spelled Sanders) of the sloop Massachusetts during King George's War, in particular during the siege of Louisbourg (Cape Breton, N.S.) in 1745. Letters and orders to Sanders pertain to transports, requests for vessels, and the delivery of supplies and provisions. His correspondents include Mass. governors Jonathan Belcher, William Shirley, Spencer Phips, and Thomas Pownall; Sir William Pepperrell; and Sir Peter Warren. Other items include Saunders's will (1773), an account for the sale of a negro, a few items pertaining to the treaty with the Indians at St. George's River (1751), and a few items of Saunders's son, Thomas Sanders.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26509840 View

Law, Jonathan, 1674-1750. Massachusetts and Connecticut papers, 1708-1749.

Title: Massachusetts and Connecticut papers, 1708-1749.

Papers relating to a dispute regarding the jurisdiction over 4 towns between the colonies of Connecticut and Massachusetts, including correspondence among Jonathan Law, governor of Connecticut, and William Shirley and Spencer Phipps, governors of Massachusetts. Also, documents relating to the arrests and trials of men in Windsor, Conn., for the chopping and boxing of pine timber.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18898026 View

Clinton, George, 1686-1761. Letter to Spencer Phips, 1750 December 18.

Title: Letter to Spencer Phips, 1750 December 18.

Letter to Governor Spencer Phips of Massachusetts, proposing that all the colonial governors meet at Albany, (N.Y.) for the purpose of treating with the Six Nations of Indians, in an attempt to end the influence of the French on the Indians. Written at Fort George (New York City).

ArchivalResource: 3 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145407821 View

Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.

Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 50 cubic ft.; 20,000 photographs; 10,000 folders.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua04006/catalog View

Williams, Israel, 1709-1788. Papers, 1728-1785.

Title: Papers, 1728-1785.

Papers of Israel Williams of Hatfield, Mass. contain materials related to his career as a soldier and commander of a Hampshire County regiment responsible for the defense of western Mass. during King George's and the French and Indian Wars, in particular correspondence, orders, lists of soldiers, muster rolls, and other military papers. Mass. civic and political issues are also represented heavily in the collection as documentation of Williams's role as a selectman in Hatfield, a state legislator, a Hampshire County judge, and as a member of the Governor's Council from 1761-67. (Cont'd) Also included are military papers of Israel's cousin, Ephraim Williams, while in command of forts and posts along the Mass. and N.Y. border, including muster rolls; papers related to the founding of a free school (later Williams College) in Williamstown, Mass. as a result of his will, for which Israel was executor; and papers related to Israel's loyalty to Thomas Hutchinson and Loyalist actions prior to and during the Revolution. Among the places documented are Hampshire County, Mass., Fort Massachusetts (Mass.), and Fort William Henry (N.Y.). Among the correspondents are William Shirley, Oliver Partridge, John Worthington, Spencer Phips, Thomas Hutchinson, Andrew Oliver, Joseph Hawley, Thomas Pownall, and William Williams, Israel's nephew.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25809612 View

George Clinton papers 1697-1760 1745-1753 Clinton, George, papers

Title: George Clinton papers 1697-1760 1745-1753 Clinton, George, papers

This collection contains the letters, documents, and accounts of George Clinton, colonial governor of New York. The bulk of the collection is comprised of drafts of Clinton's letters, incoming official letters, Clinton's letter book for 1752-1753, military memoranda, documents related to Indian affairs, and personal, government, and military accounts during King George's War.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-333cli?rgn=main;view=text View