Transcripts, 1632-1786.

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Transcripts, 1632-1786.

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Transcripts of documents relating to the colonial history of New England, copied from British and Canadian archival collections. Legal documents and correspondence concern relations with the French in Canada, relations with the Indians, King Philip's War, pirates and privateering, persecution of Quakers in Massachusetts, business of the British Board of Trade and Plantations, and the first years of the Revolutionary War. Writers include Sir Edmund Andros, Sir Francis Bernard, Mather Brown, Jeremiah Dummer, John Eliot, Thomas Gage, the Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Hutchinson, Paul Mascarene, Cotton Mather, Andrew Oliver, Peter Oliver, Hugh Peters, Sir William Phips, and John Wilkes.

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Great Britain. Board of Trade

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Founded in 1784. Responsibile for the merchant fleet 1854-1939. Absorbed by the Dept. of Trade and Industry in 1970, but continues as a legal presence. From the description of Certificate of competency as master 1876. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 45671728 In 1851 it became compulsory for the masters and mates of foreign-going British merchant ships to hold the appropriate government licence, issued through the newly-created marine section of the Board ...

Brown, Mather, 1761-1831

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Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712?-1779

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Bernard was Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. From the description of DS, 1762 January 28. : Boston. Appointment. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14194099 Governor of Massachusetts Bay (Colony). From the description of Sir Francis Bernard commission, 1768. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456180 Sir Francis Bernard was born in England in July 1712. After graduating from Oxford University i...

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...

Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714

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Colonial governor of New York (1674-1681); president of the Dominion of New England (1686-1689); and governor of Virginia (1692-1697). From the description of Original patent to Samuel Willis, 1675 Apr. 02. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 74986011 British colonial governor. From the description of Sir Edmund Andros deed, 1696. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449113 John Underhill (circa 1597-1672) was a colonial military lead...

Gay, Frederick Lewis, 1856-1916

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Oliver, Andrew, 1706-1774

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Massachusetts colonial official: lieutenant governor 1771-1774; commissioner to negotiate with Six Nations 1748. From the description of ALS, 1764 Nov. 28, Boston, to Rev. Stephen West, Stockbridge, Mass. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122610623 ...

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...

Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695

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Epithet: Captain; Governor of Massachusetts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x00003b ...

Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags, -1676

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American Indian leader, also known as King Philip. Led King Philip's War against English colonists, 1675-1676. From the description of Deed, 1672 Sept. 28, to William Brenton and others. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122690019 ...

Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660

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Dummer, Jeremiah, 1681-1739

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Oliver, Peter, 1713-1779.

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Mascarene, Paul, 1684-1760.

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Major-General Jean Paul Mascarene was a refugee French Huguenot who moved to England in 1706 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the British army. He was sent first to Boston in 1709, then in 1710, to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, which recently had come under the control of the British. He maintained his home in Boston and married a Boston native, Elizabeth Perry. In 1739 he became lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia and served until 1749. He continued his connections with the province until...

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

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Mather was an American Puritan clergyman and writer. Mather attended Harvard (A.B. 1678, M.A. 1681) and served as minister at the Second Church in Boston from 1685 until his death. His advice was sought during the Salem witch trials. During his lifetime Mather wrote more than 450 books. ...

Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793

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Wills Hill (1718-1793), known as the Earl of Hillsborough, and later Marquis of Downshire. From the description of Letter to James Habersham, 1772 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478005 British politician. Succeeded his father as Viscount Hillsborough in the peerage of Ireland, 1742; created Earl of Hillsborough in the peerage of Ireland, 1751; Baron Harwich in the peerage of Great Britain, 1756; Marquis of Downshire in the peerage of Ireland, 1789. As a member of P...

Eliot, John, 1604-1690

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John Eliot, styled "the Indian Apostle," was born in England, emigrated to the U.S. (Boston) in 1631 and died at Roxbury, Mass. He was the translator of the first Bible into the Indian (N.A.) language; known as Eliot's Indian Bible. From the description of Autograph signature to covenant, 1624 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615429 Clergyman and missionary. From the description of John Eliot letter, 1673. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010036 ...

Wilkes, John, 1725-1797

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English political reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed (retained copy) : London?, to the Duke of Grafton, 1766 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588254 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : London, to Mr. Phillips, 1797 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586602 From the description of Printed document signed : London, 1770 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270589861 From the description of Sign...