Papers, 1728-1738

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Papers, 1728-1738

Papers relating to the 1728 sword duel inwhich Phillips killed Benjamin Woodbridge on Boston Common, Phillips'flight to England and France, his indictment and conviction inabsentia for murder, his subsequent death intestate, and thelongstanding dispute over his estate.

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Theodore Morris

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Belcher, Jonathan

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John Boydell

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Benjamin Faneuil

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Massachusetts. Governor (1730-1741 : Belcher)

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In 1737 George II appointed a commission to settle the boundary conflict between Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire. Both sides appealed the commission's decision to the King, who settled the matter in an order in council issued Apr. 9, 1740. The order affirmed the commission's determination of the eastern boundary and established the southern boundary. Belcher, then governor of both provinces, took Massachusetts' side in the controversy. From the descriptio...

Robert Handy

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Pigot, George

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Epithet: Governor of Madras Title: Baron Pigot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000222 ...

Wenworth, John

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Hooper, Silas

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John Underwood

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Silas Hooper

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Menzies, John.

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Epithet: of Pitfodels, English Benedictine at Douai British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000304.0x0003ad ...

Mary Dunbars.

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Joseph Hiller

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James Pemberton

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John Cutler

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Tailer, William, -1732

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Lechmere, Thomas

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George Pemberton

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Savage, Faith

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Phillips, Hannah

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Timothy Cutler

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Robert Auchmuty.

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Captain John Winslow

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Peter Faneuil

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Boutineau, Stephen

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Henry Phillips

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Henry Phillips was born in 1704, the younger son of the Boston bookseller and publisher, Samuel Phillips (active 1681-1720). Henry's grandfather (and namesake) was also a publisher, and his brother Gillam carried on the business until at least 1732. Henry Phillips graduated with an M.A. from Harvard in 1724 and joined his brother Gillam in the book business, with some trading in lumber and fish on the side. He was said to be mild and studious, but he freqented Luke Vardy...

Phillips, Gillam, 1695-1770

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Steel, Thomas

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Epithet: of Cockermouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000245.0x00039e ...

Ebenezer Miller

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Stevens, James

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Epithet: composer and pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x0003a6 ...

Willard, Josiah

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William Pierce

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Sharpe, John, 1769-1859

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Epithet: brewer, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x00002c Epithet: formerly Chaplain to the Queen's forces in New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x00002d ...

Phillips, Henry, 1704-1729.

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Gillam Phillips.

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Harris, Henry

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Epithet: Curate of Doneraile British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0000e5 Epithet: of Add MS 27925 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0000e6 Epithet: of Sloane MS 1708 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0000e8 Epithet: Tutor of...

Jekyll, John

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