William Blathwayt Papers 1680-1700

Plater, George, 1735-1792

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George Plater III (November 8, 1735 – February 10, 1792) was an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Saint Mary's County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1780, and briefly served as the sixth Governor of Maryland from November 1791 until his death. Born at Sotterley, his family's plantation near Saint Mary's County in the Colony of Maryland, Plater received his early schooling at home before attending the College of William and Mary in Willia...

Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740

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Lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1710-1722; encouraged exploration of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains; entrepreneur of iron industry. From the description of Proposals for leasing ironworks at Tuball, 1739. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135435 ...

Page, John, d. 1710

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Robinson, Robert R., 1922-

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Epithet: DD, Dissenting minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x00020c Epithet: Kt, OM, chemist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000119 Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x00020b Epithet: of Add MS 3561...

Wharton, Richard

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Epithet: Joint-Secretary to the Treasury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x0001d7 Epithet: of Stowe Ch 360 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x0001db Epithet: Joint Treasury Sec British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/...

Randolph, Edward, approximately 1632-1703

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Edward Randolph was a royal office holder who spent most of his service in America. He played a role in the revocation of the Massachusetts charter and held several offices within the Dominion of New England. In 1692, Randolph came to Virginia as surveyor-general of customs. He worked tirelessly to shore up the collection of His Majesty's customs. His report on illegal trade in America heavily influenced the Navigation Act of 1696. From the description of An Account of generall thing...

Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695

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Epithet: Captain; Governor of Massachusetts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x00003b ...

Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673-1722

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Bacon, Nathaniel, ca. 1620-1692.

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Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703

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English master shipwright and Commissioner of the Navy at Chatham. From the description of Letter signed : London, to [Edward Gregory], 1666 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 699487642 From the description of Letter signed : London, to [Edward Gregory], 1666 July 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 698778321 From the description of Letter signed : Greenwich [London], to [Edward] Gregory, 1665 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 698771809 From the de...

Lynch, Thomas, Sir, d. 1684

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Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728

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Francis Nicholson was a member of the Council for the Dominion of New England and in 1688 was commissioned lieutenant governor of the Dominion. Served as lieutenant governor of New York (1688), lieutenant governor of Virginia (1690-1692), governor of Maryland (1694-1698), governor of Virginia (1698-1705) governor of Nova Scotia (1713-1717), and governor of South Carolina (1721-1725. He was a fellow of the Royal Society. From the guide to the Papers, Addition One, 1695-1765., (John D....

Byrd, William, 1652-1704

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William Byrd (1652-1704) was a wealthy planter, merchant, and early Virginia settler. He served in the House of Burgesses, 1677-1682, and became a member of the Council of State in 1683. From the description of Letter : Virginia, to [William Blathwayt], 1690 July 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122488079 ...

Brattle, William, 1662-1717

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Standard text at Harvard until the 1770s. From the description of Compendium logicae secundum principia D. Renati Des:cartes catechisticé propositum / per Dom. Brattle, in usum pupillorum ; A compendium of logick according to the modern phylosophers extracted from Le-grand and others their systems / by Mr. Brattle, in usum pupillorum : manuscript, 1707. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612843242 Brattle (A. B. 1680) was a Boston minister. From the descr...

Howard of Effingham, Francis Howard, Baron, 1643-1695

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Francis Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham, 1684-1688. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067667 Colonial Governor of Virginia. From the description of Printed document signed : [London], 1693 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269553877 ...

Mather, Increase, 1639-1723

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"Increase Mather, the youngest son of the Reverend Richard Mather of Dorchester, and the father of Cotton Mather, has been described as the 'foremost American Puritan' of his generation. Teacher of the Second Church of Boston for more than fifty years, President of Harvard College from 1685 to 1701, agent for Massachusetts Bay in England to request the return of the Charter, and the author of approximately 175 books, pamphlets, prefaces and printed sermons, Mather was intimately involved in poli...

Cranston, Abraham

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Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717

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British colonial official, Secretary of the Lords of Trade and Plantations (1679-1710). From the description of Papers, 1631-1722, bulk 1680-1700. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 25175344 From the guide to the William Blathwayt Papers, 1680-1700, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) William Blathwayt, British politician and administrator; clerk in the Plantation Office (1675), Privy Council (1675); Secretary to...

Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720

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Col. Gov. of Mass. From the description of Order signed : Boston, addressed to Capt. William Pickering of the Province Galley, 1712 Apr. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742417 From the description of Order signed : Boston, addressed to Capt. Timothy Clark, 1703 Jun. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742411 Colonial Governor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Roxbury, Mass., to Major Leonard, Judge of the Interior Court of Bristol...

Stapleton, William, Sir

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Blair, James, 1656-1743

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Henry Hartwell was a member of the Council of Virginia. James Blair was president of the College of William and Mary. Edward Chilton, served as attorney general of Virginia. From the guide to the "An Account of the Present State and Government of Virginia, ", 1697., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Born in Scotland in 1655 or 1656. M. A. University of Edinburgh. Ordained in Church of England. Rector of parish of Cranston. Came to Virginia ...

Copley, Lionel, 1648-1693

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Spencer, Nicholas, 1966-....

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Digges, Dudley, 1655-1710

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Wormeley, Ralph, 1650-1701.

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Culpeper, Thomas, Sir, 1626-1697

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Bacon, Nathaniel, 1648-1676

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Nathaniel Bacon (b. January 2, 1647, Suffolk, England–d. October 26, 1676, Virginia Colony) was a colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery....

Hinckley, Thomas, approximately 1618-1706

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Codrington, Christopher, 1668-1710

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Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x000318 Epithet: of Add MS 35536 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x00031c ...

Ludwell, Philip, 1672-1727.

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Beeston, William, Sir, 1636-

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Ritchier, Isaac

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Codrington, Christopher, 1640-1698.

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Leisler, Jacob, -1691

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Merchant, soldier, and political leader of New York City; executed for treason in 1691. From the description of Papers, [1689-1696]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758098 ...

Bellomont, Richard Coote, Earl of, 1636-1701

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Byrd, William, 1674-1744

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William Byrd II resided at Westover in Charles City County, Virginia. From the guide to the William Byrd Papers, 1728-1729., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Virginia planter William Byrd served as a member of the Virginia Council of the State (1709-1744); he determined the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. From the guide to the The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina, 1728, 1728, (...

Cony, Richard

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Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688

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Henry Morgan (b. c. 1635 – d. 25 August 1688) was a Welsh privateer, landowner and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, becoming wealthy as he did so. With the prize money from the raids he purchased three large sugar plantations on the island....

Jenings, Edmund, 1659-1727.

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Chicheley, Henry, Sir, 1615-1683.

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Stoughton, William, 1632-1701

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Baltimore, Charles Calvert, Baron, 1699-1751

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Governor, Maryland (Colony). From the description of Charles Calvert, Baron Baltimore, deeds and grants, 1735-1745. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451370 5th Baron Baltimore; colonial governor of Maryland (1720-1727, 1732-1733). From the description of Land warrant, 1745. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974338 ...

Van Cortlandt, Stephanus, 1643-1700

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Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700) was Mayor of New York City from 1677 to 1678 and 1686 to 1688. From the guide to the Stevanus Van Cortlandt Red Hook land deeds, 1697, 1712, (Brooklyn Historical Society) ...

Cranfield, Edward

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Fletcher, Benjamin, 1640-1703

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Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...

Limerick, Thomas Dongan, Earl of, 1634-1715

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Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick, was appointed provincial governor of New York in 1682 by James, the Duke of York who had become the Lord Proprietor of the province. From the description of Order of Thomas Dongan to Benjamin Collier, 1684, Mar. 16. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 680379258 Colonial Governor of New York. From the description of Document signed, 1686 July 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Molesworth, Hender

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Banister, John, 1650-1692

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Epithet: merchant, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x00020b Epithet: of Stowe MS 746 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x00020f Epithet: Reverend; of Virginia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x000210 ...

Watson, Francis, Sir

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