John Calef memorials and petitions 1766-1782 Calef, John, memorials and petitions

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

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George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George's long life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Furt...

Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl, 1737-1805

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British politician. Born William Fitzmaurice, assumed surname Petty in 1751, succeeded his father as Earl of Shelburne 1761, created Marquis of Lansdowne 1784. Worked in the House of Lords to repeal the Stamp Act and continued to pursue a conciliatory policy toward the American colonies, though opposed to their independence. He became prime minister in 1782, directed peace negotiations with the United States, France, and Spain, and resigned from office shortly thereafter. ...

Townshend, Thomas, 1732-1800

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Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787

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Thomas Gage, British military officer and last royal governor of Mass., was commander-in-chief in North America, 1763-1773. From the description of Letters : New York, to Sir Wm. Johnson, 1766-1771. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37737851 From the description of Letter : New York, to Honorable Lt. Governor Penn, 1766 July 2. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37737693 From the description of Letter : Montreal, to Monsr. L'anglade, 1763 July 17. (Newber...

Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780

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Governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Certification, 1752. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960172 At this time, Hutchinson was judge of probate in Suffolk County (1749-1766); later he was royal governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1771-1774) From the description of A Brief State of that Part of Massachusetts Bay which is situated East of the Province of Main (sic) with reasons for erecting it into a separate & distinct Province : manuscript...

Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785

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Sackville was at the time of this letter the Secretary of State for the Colonies for Great Britain. He served in this capacity from 1775-1782. He was a member of the Parliament of Ireland (1733-1761) and of Great Britain (1761-1782). From the description of [Letter] 1779 Oct. 8, Whitehall [to] Gov. Dalling / Geo. Germain. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 352925060 British secretary of state for the colonies. From the description of Papers, 1779. (Duke Univer...

Calef, John, 1725-1812.

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John Calef was a doctor and British loyalist who served on the side of the crown during the Revolutionary War. Calef was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, on August 30, 1725, to Robert Calef and Margaret Staniford. Calef first married Margaret Rogers of Ipswich, who died in 1751; they had two children. After Margaret's death, Calef married Dorothy Jewett of Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1753; together they had fifteen children. John Calef studied medicine at the Boston Latin S...

Mowat, Henry, 1734-1798

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Captain; Royal Navy. From the description of Henry Mowat logbook extract from HMS Canceaux, 1775. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154690227 ...

Goldthwait, Thomas, 1717-1799

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Commanding officer of Fort Pownall on the Penobscot River. From the description of Letter, 1772 Oct. 12. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70925226 ...