Papers, 1728-1738.

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Papers, 1728-1738.

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

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Gillam Phillips.

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John Underwood

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Mary Dunbars.

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James Pemberton

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Jekyll, John

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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 ...

Hooper, Silas

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Lechmere, Thomas

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Wenworth, John

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Peter Faneuil

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George Pemberton

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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...

Captain John Winslow

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Timothy Cutler

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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...

Willard, Josiah

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Benjamin Faneuil

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Phillips, Gillam, 1695-1770

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Belcher, Jonathan

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Joseph Hiller

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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 ...

John Boydell

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Robert Auchmuty.

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Savage, Faith

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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 ...

John Cutler

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Phillips, Henry, 1704-1729.

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Phillips, Hannah

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Ebenezer Miller

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Tailer, William, -1732

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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...

William Pierce

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Silas Hooper

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Robert Handy

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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 ...

Theodore Morris

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Boutineau, Stephen

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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 ...