Correspondence relating to transcription of colonial records, 1845-1852.

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Correspondence relating to transcription of colonial records, 1845-1852.

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Pursuant to Resolves 1845, c 118 and Resolves 1846, c 35, the governor was authorized to have certain documents copied from the British State Paper Office (after 1848, the State Paper Dept. of the Public Record Office), for which task Robert Lemon was commissioned by Secretary of the Commonwealth John Gorham Palfrey. Correspondence between them concerns transcription work and includes lists of documents in the State Paper Office and sample abstracts of documents.

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Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881

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Felt, Joseph, fl. 1845.

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Lemon, Robert, 1800-1867

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Archivist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : S[tate] P[apers] O[ffice], to Agnes Strickland, 1852 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864542 ...

Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State

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