Sundry papers...collected Anno Domini 1774 : collection, 1682-1774.

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Sundry papers...collected Anno Domini 1774 : collection, 1682-1774.

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One volume (93 pages) containing miscellaneous papers, collected in 1774, including two treatises by Louis de Saint-Pierre on the cultivation of grapes, silk, indigo, and fruit trees in North America and particularly in the New Bordeaux colony in South Carolina; copies of a land grant and indenture between King James II and William Penn, Sr.; a brief history of Anson County, N.C. by J.A. Collett; account of a land sale on the Isle St. John (now Prince Edward Island); a plan of Mexican commerce; a statement of the reasons for a civil government in the British dominions adjoining the Mississippi River by Mountfort Brown, governor of West Florida; and proposals of the Marquis D'Aubarede concerning the settlement of the Mississippi River valley.

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Aubarede, Marquis d'

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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...

Brown, Mountfort

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James II, King of England, 1633-1701

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Son of King Charles I, created Duke of York in 1634, and crowned King of England in 1685. From the description of Letter : Windsor, England, to the Earl of Rochester, 1684 Jul 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83918980 From the description of Letter : Windsor, England, to the Earl of Rochester, 1684 Jul 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148272 James II, king of England, 1675-1688. From the description of [Documents] / James R. (Smith College). WorldCa...

Saint Pierre, Louis de, active 1772

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Collett, J. A.

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