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Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Manifesto and proclamation of commissioners appointed by His Majesty, 1778.

Title: Manifesto and proclamation of commissioners appointed by His Majesty, 1778.

The British Parliament authorized the appointment of commissioners to negotiate with the Continental Congress in order to deter an alliance between the American colonies and France. Although they did not obtain a hearing from Congress, three of them (the Earl of Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton, William Eden) issued this document to Congress, the colonial assemblies (that of Massachusetts among them), and the general public on Oct. 3, 1778, promising pardon to those withdrawing from the rebellion by Nov. 11.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf (1 folder ; 73 x 97 cm.)

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, defender of the faith, to our beloved Josiah Martin Esquire, our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over our province of North Carolina in America, greeting : we ... do by these presents, which are to continue during our pleasure only, ordain, constitute, and depute you ... our Vice Admiral Commissary and Deputy in the Office of Vice Admiralty in our Province of North Carolina in America.

Title: George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, defender of the faith, to our beloved Josiah Martin Esquire, our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over our province of North Carolina in America, greeting : we ... do by these presents, which are to continue during our pleasure only, ordain, constitute, and depute you ... our Vice Admiral Commissary and Deputy in the Office of Vice Admiralty in our Province of North Carolina in America. 1771.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf : parchment ; 71 x 81 cm.

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1837-1901 : Victoria). Letters patent and commissions.

Title: Letters patent and commissions. 1789-1870.

Letters patent and commissions, 1789-1870, relating to the founding of the colony of North Australia, the establishment of courts of civil jurisdiction in N.S.W. and Norfolk Island and to the appointment of Governors to the colonies of N.S.W. and Victoria.

ArchivalResource: 16 fol. items (39 p.)

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). Writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, against Dempsey Watts, 1773 February 24.

Title: Writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, against Dempsey Watts, 1773 February 24.

Document authorizes the sheriff of Norfolk County to bring in a debtor for trial in Williamsburg to satisfy a grevience by Patience Lockhart.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

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Writ of capias ad satisfaciendum against Dempsey Watts, 1773 February 24

Title: Writ of capias ad satisfaciendum against Dempsey Watts 1773 February 24

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Pitt, William, 1759-1806. Papeles relativos a la solicitud de los catolicos de Inglaterra sobre su restablecimiento a los dros propios, y naturales de ciudadanos ingleses, dirigida a Mr. Pit, [18--?].

Title: Papeles relativos a la solicitud de los catolicos de Inglaterra sobre su restablecimiento a los dros propios, y naturales de ciudadanos ingleses, dirigida a Mr. Pit, [18--?].

Manuscript copy of a series of documents: Copia del memorial de los catolicos del reyno de Inglaterra, al ministro de S.M. Brita.; Respuesta de Mr. Pit; Copia de las questiones que se han remitido de Londres, [por el conde de Floridablanca]; Copia del memorial hecho por el rector del Colegio de Ingleses Catolicos de la ciudad de Valladolid, al Ex.mo Sor. conde de Floridablanca, [por Josef Shepherd]. The date of the last document in the original was Nov. 16, 1788.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (21 p.) ; 21 cm.

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England and Wales. Privy Council. Letters signed from the Privy Council [manuscript], 1596-1793 (bulk 1596-1634).

Title: Letters signed from the Privy Council [manuscript], 1596-1793 (bulk 1596-1634).

Consists of 24 letters signed from the Privy Council and 10 related manuscripts. Many of the 34 documents concern musters, the raising of troops for Ireland and the Netherlands, and the disarming of recusants. Letters from the Privy Council include 20 to Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, in his capacity as Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire concerning the administration of the county (with 2 being also addressed to the Earl of Oxford); 2 to the High Sheriff, Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace for Staffordshire; 1 to the Earl of Pembroke, 1596 (1); and 1 to all Mayors, Sheriffs, etc., 1624, requiring the free passage of Essex on his journey to Holland (14). Other manuscript documents include: list of the army at Rosendale (15); Treasurers of the Subsidys' letters to Essex, 1629 (13, 21); letter from Sir Edward Vere, July 29/August 8, [1629], describing the campaign in the Low Countries and the siege of Hertogenbosch (23); copy of a letter from John Carpenter to Sir Abraham Williams, August 8, 1629 (N.S.), describing the siege (24); an account of the siege (25); copy of Sir Thomas Roe's description of the campaign, July 28, 1629 (O.S.) (26); account of affairs on the Continent written from Frankfort, July 21, [1633?] (31); the declaration of the nobles, gentry and commons at their rendezvous at Nottingham, November 22, 1688 (printed as Wing D717) (33); and an order (printed with the sign manual of George III, King of England) to raise a regiment of foot, September 27, 1793 (34).

ArchivalResource: 34 items.

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Dryden (N.H.). Charter, 1762 June 26, for the town of Dryden.

Title: Charter, 1762 June 26, for the town of Dryden.

Charter for the incorporation of the town of Dryden, N.H.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 51 cm.

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). State of the disorders, confusion & mis-government which have prevailed & do still continue to prevail in his Majesty's province of Massachuset[t]s Bay in America : manuscript, 1774.

Title: State of the disorders, confusion & mis-government which have prevailed & do still continue to prevail in his Majesty's province of Massachuset[t]s Bay in America : manuscript, 1774.

Report commissioned by George III to be presented to his Privy Council concerning the governing of the colony and the activities of the colonists, 1766-1774. The report includes excerpts from colonial newspapers and cites speeches, reports, petitions, newspapers, and other sources.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (36 leaves) ; 38 cm.

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Debbieg, Hugh. Petition, [1788?].

Title: Petition, [1788?].

Memorial of Debbieg to King George III outlining his plans for the defense of the Isle of Wight (1788?). Includes a copy of his letter to William Pitt, dated Oct. 14, 1786, discussing French military build-up at Cherbourg, threat to Portsmouth, limitations of Plymouth as a harbor and advantages of Portsmouth, importance of the Isle of Wight, necessity of defending it, defensive measures which should be taken, defense of Chatham Dock Yard, etc. Also a copy of a second letter to Pitt, who did not answer the first.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (67 p.) ; 10 x 15 in.

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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. Order for payment of £2,000 to John Charleton : manuscript, 1789 Nov. 18.

Title: Order for payment of £2,000 to John Charleton : manuscript, 1789 Nov. 18.

Document signed. Signed by George III and George Yonge, Secretary of War. Document, addressed to Lord Mulgrave and James Graham, orders the payment of £2,000 to John Charleton, agent to the Inspector General of Regimental Infirmaries.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm., folded to 17 cm.

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Gould, Charles, 1726-1806. [A collection of 18 manuscript and printed warrants, circular letters, proclamations, etc. : relating to administrative military matters, 1765-1768]

Title: [A collection of 18 manuscript and printed warrants, circular letters, proclamations, etc. : relating to administrative military matters, 1765-1768]

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (various pagings, some fold.) ; 32 cm.

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). Grant of land : manuscript, 1766.

Title: Grant of land : manuscript, 1766.

Grant of 5000 acres in Vermont to Peter Gordon with a note of letters patent (1774 Dec. 1) giving the land to Harry Gordon, brother of the then deceased Peter.

ArchivalResource: 1 item : vellum ; 41 x 72 cm., folded to 21 x 24 cm.

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). Copies of the commissions of the several governors and other persons administering the government of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, from the year 1763 to the year 1786 both inclusive : copied in the Office of the Secretary of the State of Maine from copies there deposited by William Pitt Preble, Esquire, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of the Netherlands : manuscript, 1830.

Title: Copies of the commissions of the several governors and other persons administering the government of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, from the year 1763 to the year 1786 both inclusive : copied in the Office of the Secretary of the State of Maine from copies there deposited by William Pitt Preble, Esquire, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of the Netherlands : manuscript, 1830.

Commissions for governors of the various provinces with descriptions of the extent of land under each governorship. The note from Russell explains the provenance of the manuscript.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (139 p.) ; 34 cm.

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). Whereas a complaint hath been laid before us by Captain William Mackworth Praed ... in which he charges Lieutenant Colonel John Dodd ... : manuscript, 1762 Apr. 14.

Title: Whereas a complaint hath been laid before us by Captain William Mackworth Praed ... in which he charges Lieutenant Colonel John Dodd ... : manuscript, 1762 Apr. 14.

Order for a courts-martial inquiry against Dodd for writing a libelous letter about Praed and for attaching signatures to the letter without permission of the alleged signers; signed "by his majesty's command" to Thomas Morgan, Judge Advocate General.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 37 cm.

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). Commission [manuscript].

Title: Commission [manuscript]. 1819.

George III, King of Great Britain. Commission, 19th January 1819, appointing John Thomas Bigge Commissioner to enquire into the state of the settlement of New South Wales.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

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Great Britain. War Office. Grant of monies to pay , March 1785.

Title: Grant of monies to pay , March 1785.

Authorization on behalf of George III, addressed to joint paymaster generals William Wyndham Grenville and Constantine Lord Mulgrave. The grant was to provide Lieutenant General Richard Prescott with funding to pay the soldiers under his command, the Royal Fusiliers. Payment was to cover the period from 25 April 1782 to 24 December 1782. Signed by George Yonge, British secretary of war.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet (1 p.) ; 32 x 20.3 cm.

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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. Order for payment of £2,000 to John Charleton : manuscript, 1789 Nov. 18.

Title: Order for payment of £2,000 to John Charleton : manuscript, 1789 Nov. 18.

Document signed. Signed by George III and George Yonge, Secretary of War. Document, addressed to Lord Mulgrave and James Graham, orders the payment of £2,000 to John Charleton, agent to the Inspector General of Regimental Infirmaries

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm. folded to 17 cm.

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). Warrant to issue letters patent from George III, King of Great Britain, to John, Earl of Westmorland, keeper of the Privy Seal [manuscript], 1812 June 11.

Title: Warrant to issue letters patent from George III, King of Great Britain, to John, Earl of Westmorland, keeper of the Privy Seal [manuscript], 1812 June 11.

To authorize the chancellor to issue a licence for 21 years to Samuel Whitbread, Peter Moore and Harvey Christian Combe, trustees of Drury Lane, to employ a company of comedians to act within a house to be built in Drury Lane.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library). A short discourse on the present state of the colonies in America with respect to the interests of Great Britain, [between 1760 and 1765].

Title: A short discourse on the present state of the colonies in America with respect to the interests of Great Britain, [between 1760 and 1765].

Undated anonymous essay addressed to the British king (probably George III) regarding American colonial policy.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([4], 26 p.) ; 23 cm.

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). Orders : additional instruction for our trusty and well beloved Robert Monckton Esqr., our Captain General and Governor in Chief of our Province of New York, 1761 Dec. 9.

Title: Orders : additional instruction for our trusty and well beloved Robert Monckton Esqr., our Captain General and Governor in Chief of our Province of New York, 1761 Dec. 9.

A copy of royal instructions (1761) from George III to Robert Monckton, governor of New York.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 32 cm.

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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). Warrant, 1778 Feb. 9.

Title: Warrant, 1778 Feb. 9. 1778.

Ordering Richard Rigby, Paymaster General, to pay 500 pounds, six shillings and sixpence to Henry Harman, Quarter Master of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, for contingent disbursements.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet. 32 x 41 cm.

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