Papers, 1725-1728.

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Papers, 1725-1728.

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Personal letters from John Pratt, London, to Elizabeth (Cocke) Pratt, Williamsburg, Virginia and Bath, England, written after the death of Elizabeth's husband William (d. ca. 1724). John was William's uncle. Elizabeth was related to naturalist Mark Catesby, who is mentioned in one letter. Besides expressing his concern for her welfare and that of her son, Billy [Keith William] and daughter Betty, John writes of the marriages of Col. Alexander Spotswood to [Ann Butler] and of Louis XV to Marie Leszcznska, as well as the fate of several English politicians.

4 items ; 36 cm. and smaller.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740

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Lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1710-1722; encouraged exploration of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains; entrepreneur of iron industry. From the description of Proposals for leasing ironworks at Tuball, 1739. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135435 ...

Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749

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Naturalist. From the description of Mark Catesby correspondence, 1744. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452847 ...

Louis XV, 1710-1774.

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Pratt, John, fl. 1725-1728.

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Randolph, John, Sir, approximately 1693-1737

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Sir John Randolph (ca. 1693-1737) was a lawyer, scholar, and Virginia legislator. He served as Clerk of the House of Burgesses, 1718-34, and speaker of the House of Burgesses, 1734-1736/37. From the description of Will, 1735. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552884 ...

Keith, William, Sir, 1680-1749

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Appointed Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania by King George III in 1717 and made this report on preventing communication between the French settlements in Canada and those on the Mississippi to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations of Great Britain in 1718, gathering much of his information from Indian traders. From the description of Report, 1718, 1719. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52112392 Governor of the colonies of Pennsylvania ...

Pratt, William, d. c. 1724.

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Jones, Elizabeth Cocke Pratt, 1701-1762

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Leszcznska, Marie, 1703-1768.

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