Hulbert collection, 1698-[ca. 1850], 1721-1796 (bulk).

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Hulbert collection, 1698-[ca. 1850], 1721-1796 (bulk).

Primarily 18th century manuscripts and documents related to British colonies in America. Also contains some 19th century American and British material. Largest amounts of material relate to Goldsbrow Banyar, New York colonial official, British military operations in North America, and colonial government in the Bahamas. Banyar documents, 1766-1770, relate to his duties as Register of Prerogative Court and deputy to George Clark, Secretary of Colony of New York, including letters to Gov. Henry Moore, petitions to the king, and other correspondence concerning Banyar and Clark's dispute with Moore over official duties. British military documents include Order in Council concerning troops in New Foundland [sic], 1698; act punishing those assisting Royal Navy deserters, 1760; instructions to Vice Admiral Durell regarding His Majesty's ships in North America, 1767 [sic]; records of His Majesty's 60th Royal American Regiment of Foot, Amhurst, 1777; other British army records, 1777-1780; receipts, correspondence, and orders of Captain Frederick De Deimar, Hussar officer, 1779-1791. Bahamas material includes correspondence requesting more troops in war with Spain, 1796; resolutions of Colonial House of Assembly, 1796; minutes of Legislative Council, 1795-1796. Also court depositions, wills, and other legal papers from Rhode Island, New York, and other colonies, 1721-1766; miscellaneous correspondence and broadsides, 1745-ca. 1850.

1 cubic ft.

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Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 60th.

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Great Britain. Army

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Whitmore was govenor of Cape Breton Island and the Island of St. John (Prince Edward Island). From the description of Receipt for wages paid for labor in the Cape Breton colliery : manuscript, 1760. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812416 Administrative history unavailable. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire military papers. From the description of Great Britain Army collection. [1800-1941]. (University o...

Clark, George Kitson

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Lapeer, Michigan, resident. From the description of George Clark account book, 1815-1867. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422848 ...

Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Durell, Phillip, d. 1776.

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De Deimar, Frederick.

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Banyar, Goldsbrow

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Goldsbrow Banyar (1724-1815) was a lawyer who served, for varying periods, as deputy secretary of the Province of New York, deputy surveyor and auditor of His Majesty's revenues arising in the Colony of New York, register of the colonial court of chancery, and register and principal surrogate of the prerogative court. A Loyalist during the Revolution, he lived afterwards in Albany as a wealthy landowner. From the description of Land papers, 1728-1868. (New York University). WorldCat ...

Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911

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Capt. Henry Moore, of Portsmouth, R.I., married Ann Odiorne. The Old Sable Works was established in 1809 by Capt. Henry Moore, on an island in Chester Creek, at Rockdale. The Odiorne family owned the nail-works as well as the adjoining iron-works in Aston Twp. The iron-works property, along with the nail-works, were sold to Moore by George Odiorne in 1815. Moore ran the nail-works until 1832, at which time the operation was taken over by Richard S. Smith, a Philadelphia hardware merchant. ...