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William L. Clements Library. William Henry Lyttelton papers, 1730-1806.

Title: William Henry Lyttelton papers, 1730-1806.

The William Henry Lyttelton papers document Lyttelton's career as governor of South Carolina and governor of Jamaica. These items primarily relate to colonial administration of South Carolina and Jamaica, and to military engagements with Native Americans on the South Carolina frontier and against the French in the West Indies.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767571729 View

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn papers 1676-1801 1764-1800 Wedderburn, Alexander papers

Title: Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn papers 1676-1801 1764-1800 Wedderburn, Alexander papers

The Alexander Wedderburn papers contain correspondence, documents, notes, and writings pertaining to Anglo-American relations during the late 18th century. The papers include items about the Boston Tea Party, the American Revolution, and claims brought under the 1794 Treaty of Amity (Jay Treaty).

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-85wed?rgn=main;view=text View

Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809. Correspondence, 1771-1778.

Title: Correspondence, 1771-1778.

Correspondence documents Dunmore's tenure as governor of Virginia and the beginnings of the American Revolution. Subjects include coinage and currency; the flood of 1771; western lands; Cherokee Indians; French and Indian War bounty lands; the deaths of James Blair and James Horrocks; county clerk nominations; Virginia council vacancies, care of the mentally ill; Dunmore's suit against Cadwallader Colden in New York; land grants; committees of correspondence; Cape Henry lighthouse; boundary dispute of Pennsylvania and Virginia; military campaigns against Indians; the removal of gunpowder from the Williamsburg, Va. magazine (21 April 1775); martial law decree; declaration freeing slaves who join the British forces; loyalist troops; the Virginia conventions. Correspondents include Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, John Connolly, Lord Dartmouth, Thomas Gage, George Germain, Samuel Graves, Marquis of Hillsborough, Sir William Howe, Sir William Johnson, William Knox, Earl of Loudoun, Lord North, John Penn, John Pownall, William Preston, John Robinson, Patrick Tonyn, James Tilghman, George Washington, William Woodford, Ralph Wormeley.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. (834 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26923951 View

Habersham family. Habersham family papers, 1712-1842.

Title: Habersham family papers, 1712-1842.

The collection consists primarily of manuscript copies of portions of James Habersham's letter books during 1771-1772 when he served as Acting Governor of Georgia. Also included is a manuscript copy of James Habersham's diary dated 1750-1751 and manuscript copies of indentures, letters, and ledgers of John Habersham, Joseph Habersham, Robert Habersham Jr., and Roland Hill compiled in a single letter book. The two letter books of James Habersham's letters contain duplicates. The letter book 2 (August 1771-October 1772) contains the most letters. Habersham's letters are addressed to: Earl of Hillsborough, George Galphin, Capt. James Edward Powell, Lord Charles Greville Montagu, Edward Barnard, William Tryon, John Daniel Hammerer, Joseph Maddock, John Pownall, James Jackson, Francis Williams, John Stuart, Peter Chester, Commissioners of Customs, William Knox, Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, John Moultrie, and Anthony Stokes. Three letters at the end of letter book 2 were written by John Habersham on behalf of his father. Many of James Habersham's letters in this collection were transcribed and published in the Colonial Records of the State of Georgia and Collections of the Georgia Historical Society: The Letters of Hon. James Habersham, 1756-1775. See the collection inventory for publication information and page numbers. Twenty-seven of the forty-nine letters are not published. James Habersham's diary contains entries regarding the arrival of French and German citizens in Georgia, the Rev. John Martin Bolzius, settlement at Ebenezer, Georgia, Trustees appointments, deaths and burials, letter to Capt. David Cutler Braddock, detailed information on cocoons and silk manufacturing, arrival of ships in port, elections, merchants, and mulberry trees. The creator and date of creation of the manuscript copies is unknown. They were likely written during the late 18th and 19th centuries.

ArchivalResource: 4 folders (.2 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281307325 View

Frederick Smyth papers, 1756-1816, 1756-1816

Title: Frederick Smyth papers, 1756-1816 1756-1816

These papers relate principally to Smyth's career in New Jersey before the American Revolution, and includes addresses to grand juries and their reports, and a copy of a petition to the Earl of Carlisle and its response (1778).

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, 56 items

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Bollan, William, d. 1776. William Bollan papers, 1749-1757. [manuscript]

Title: William Bollan papers, 1749-1757. [manuscript]

Collection consists primarily of petitions and memorials presented by colonial agent Bollan to the British parliament and/or Lords Commissioners and correspondence exchanged with British and American government officials. The government officials include William Wildman Barrington, Viscount Barrington; Thomas Hubbard (speaker of Massachusetts House, 1750-1758); Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; George Montague-Dunk, Second Earl of Halifax (president of the British Board of Trade); and John Pownall (secretary to British Board of Trade and Plantations). Subjects include the sugar trade, colonial boundaries, the Louisburg Expedition, and British military forces in America.

ArchivalResource: [438] p. ; 24-38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/771943114 View

Paris, Ferdinand John. Papers, 1686-1838.

Title: Papers, 1686-1838.

Correspondence, legal documents, and printed matter, relating to boundary disputes with New York, Elizabeth and Newark land riots, Elizabethtown Bill in Chancery, and both East and West Jersey Proprietors. Persons represented include James Alexander, Jonathan Belcher, Robert Hunter Morris, and John Pownall.

ArchivalResource: 3 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954946 View

Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, ca. 1718-1770. Correspondence, 1768-1770.

Title: Correspondence, 1768-1770.

Official correspondence received by Baron de Botetourt while Governor of Virginia. Includes acts, letters, reports and representations to the King, orders in the King's council, House of Commons resolutions and circular letters. Subjects include trade; English political authority; legislation in Williamsburg and London; Indian affairs; colonial dissatisfaction with the crown, and western lands. Many letters from the Earl of Hillsborough and John Pownall. Also includes instructions from George III.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26924929 View

Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805. Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn papers 1676-1801, bulk 1764-1800.

Title: Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn papers 1676-1801, bulk 1764-1800.

The Alexander Wedderburn papers contain correspondence, documents, notes, and writings pertaining to Anglo-American relations during the late 18th century. The papers include items about the Boston Tea Party, the American Revolution, and claims brought under the 1794 Treaty of Amity (Jay Treaty).

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773669110 View

William Henry Lyttelton papers 1730-1806 1755-1761 Lyttelton, William Henry, papers

Title: William Henry Lyttelton papers 1730-1806 1755-1761 Lyttelton, William Henry, papers

The William Henry Lyttelton papers document Lyttelton's career as governor of South Carolina and governor of Jamaica. These items primarily relate to colonial administration of South Carolina and Jamaica, and military engagements with Native Americans on the South Carolina frontier and against the French in the West Indies.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-960lyt?rgn=main;view=text View