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Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806. Letter book of John Graves Simcoe, 1792, Jan. 16 -- 1793, Dec. 16.

Title: Letter book of John Graves Simcoe, 1792, Jan. 16 -- 1793, Dec. 16.

Letter book of incoming and outgoing correspondence of John Graves Simcoe during his first two years as the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. The book includes Simcoe's correspondence with John Butler (1728-1796), James Gray (ca. 1732-1796), John Munro (1731-1800); Samuel Holland (1728-1801), Thomas Aston Coffin (1754-1810), Robert Hamilton (1743-1809), Alured Clarke (ca 1744-1832), Charles Long, 1st Baron of Farnborough, the junior Secretary of the Treasury (1761-1838), Edward Baker Littlehales,1st Baronet Baker (d. 1825), and others. The letters discuss poltical, military, and financial affairs of the province, including the organization of the Legislative Council, disbursement of public monie and lands, desertions from the army at Niagara; the relations with the United States during the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795), particularly St. Clair's campaign, and Indian diplomacy and relation with the Indian nations, including the crises prompted by the murders of an Onondaga chief committed by Jacob Valentine, an Ojibwa Indian at Michilimackinac and the Snake chief and the Indian council at Au Glaize (October 1792), etc.

ArchivalResource: 372 pages, 31 cm.

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Coffin, Thomas Aston, 1754-1810. Papers, 1769-1826.

Title: Papers, 1769-1826.

Correspondence of Thomas Aston Coffin, member of a prominent Boston loyalist family, with his mother Mrs. William Coffin, his sister Margaret Coffin, his brother Francis Coffin, and Francis's widow Matilda de Clairville Coffin. Thomas and his brothers were banished from Massachusetts during the Revolution, but he continued to correspond with his mother, who remained in Boston. Thomas Coffin was General Guy Carleton's secretary during the war and during Carleton's service as governor of Lower Canada. His letters concern family matters for the most part, with some discussion of other loyalist families during and after the Revolution. Only occasional references are made to relations between the United States and Great Britain. Also included is Thomas Coffin's account book, 1792-7, with additional accounts kept by family members, 1811-26.

ArchivalResource: 5 v.

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Brimmer, Martin. Letter, 1781 February 14, Boston, [Mass.], to Thomas Aston Coffin, New York, [New York].

Title: Letter, 1781 February 14, Boston, [Mass.], to Thomas Aston Coffin, New York, [New York].

Letter of recommendation for Capt. Thomas Powers, master of the Ship Union, written for his protection should he be "taken and carried into New York."

ArchivalResource: 1 ALS ; 19 cm.

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